भूयः संतापिता यज्ञैः पृथिवी पृथिवीपते । सुस्राव सर्वतीर्थानां सारं साऽभून्महीनदी
bhūyaḥ saṃtāpitā yajñaiḥ pṛthivī pṛthivīpate | susrāva sarvatīrthānāṃ sāraṃ sā'bhūnmahīnadī
हे पृथिवीपते, यज्ञांच्या उष्णतेने पृथ्वी पुन्हा संतप्त झाली. तेव्हा तिने सर्व तीर्थांचा सार प्रवाहित केला आणि ‘महीनदी’ नावाची नदी झाली.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual attribution within Māheśvara-khaṇḍa)
When dharma burdens the world, divine sacred geography manifests—holy rivers arise as concentrated grace for purification.
Mahīnadī is praised as embodying the essence of all tīrthas.
No direct prescription; it frames the origin of a tīrtha-river emerging in response to intense sacrificial activity.