Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4
अथवा कोटिशो देवा मुनयो नैव संख्यया । सर्वे चेत्स्थापयिष्यंति लिंगान्यत्र महीतटे
athavā koṭiśo devā munayo naiva saṃkhyayā | sarve cetsthāpayiṣyaṃti liṃgānyatra mahītaṭe
किंवा कोट्यवधी देव आणि असंख्य मुनी—जर सर्वांनी येथे या तीरावर लिंगे स्थापिली—(तर हे स्थान परम पावन होईल)।
Nārada (continuing narration of the devas’ deliberation)
Tirtha: Mahī-taṭa (Mahī riverbank) at Mahīsāgara-saṅgama
Type: ghat
Scene: A vast panorama: countless devas and sages arrive in waves, each selecting a spot on the Mahi bank to set a liṅga; the shoreline becomes dotted with shrines stretching into the distance.
FAQs
A holy site’s sanctity is magnified by repeated, communal acts of devotion and sacred establishment.
The Mahī riverbank (mahītaṭa), within the Mahī–Sāgara saṅgama tīrtha setting.
The contemplated act is widespread liṅga-sthāpana—many devas and sages establishing liṅgas on the riverbank.