Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 1
अर्जुन उवाच । महीसागरमाहात्म्यमद्भुतं कीर्तितं त्वया । विस्मयः परमो मह्यं प्रहर्षश्चोपजायते
arjuna uvāca | mahīsāgaramāhātmyamadbhutaṃ kīrtitaṃ tvayā | vismayaḥ paramo mahyaṃ praharṣaścopajāyate
അർജുനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—മഹീസാഗരത്തിന്റെ അത്ഭുതമായ മഹാത്മ്യം നിങ്ങൾ കീര്ത്തിച്ചു; അതിനാൽ എനിക്കു പരമ വിസ്മയവും ഹർഷവും ഉദിക്കുന്നു।
Arjuna
Tirtha: Mahīsāgara
Type: tirtha
Listener: Arjuna
Scene: Arjuna, attentive and radiant with wonder, addresses the narrator (likely a sage/Skanda narrative voice), praising the marvelous greatness of Mahīsāgara; the background hints at a vast sacred sea with shimmering light.
FAQs
Hearing the glory of a sacred place awakens devotion, wonder, and inner joy—signs of faith taking root.
Mahīsāgara, introduced as a sacred geography theme whose māhātmya is being narrated.
None explicitly—this verse frames the response of the listener to a māhātmya narration.