Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 102
सोऽथ ज्ञानात्समालोक्य भर्तृयज्ञ इति द्विजः । गुप्तक्षेत्रं समापन्नो महीसागरसंगमम्
so'tha jñānātsamālokya bhartṛyajña iti dvijaḥ | guptakṣetraṃ samāpanno mahīsāgarasaṃgamam
नंतर अंतर्ज्ञानाने मार्ग ओळखून, ‘भर्तृयज्ञ’ नावाचा तो ब्राह्मण गुप्तक्षेत्रास पोहोचला—जिथे मही नदीचा सागराशी पवित्र संगम आहे।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative voice)
Tirtha: Guptakṣetra (Mahī-sāgara-saṅgama)
Type: sangam
Scene: A pilgrim-brāhmaṇa (Bhartṛyajña) arrives at a secret confluence: the Mahī river broadens into the sea; dawn light, birds, gentle waves; the pilgrim stands at the meeting waters, poised for snāna, guided by inner knowledge.
FAQs
Right discernment (jñāna) guides one toward sacred geography, where purification and transformation become possible.
Guptakṣetra at the Mahī–Ocean confluence (Mahīsāgara-saṅgama).
The verse implies tīrtha-yātrā (going to the holy place); specific worship/rites are detailed in following verses.