Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 168
तत्रापि गुप्तक्षेत्रं च वेदैतत्सा कुमारिका । गुप्तक्षेत्रे कुमारेशं पूजयंति महाव्रता
tatrāpi guptakṣetraṃ ca vedaitatsā kumārikā | guptakṣetre kumāreśaṃ pūjayaṃti mahāvratā
तेथेही एक गुप्त क्षेत्र आहे—हे ती कुमारिका जाणते. त्या गुप्त क्षेत्रात महाव्रती लोक कुमारेशाचे पूजन करतात.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Gupta-kṣetra of Kumāreśa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A concealed grove or inner sanctum revealed only to austere devotees; mahāvratins with matted hair and rudrākṣa worship a liṅga named Kumāreśa, with subtle protective boundary markers.
FAQs
Some sacred realities are ‘hidden’—revealed through purity, vows, and devotion; such worship is portrayed as especially potent.
The verse praises a Gupta-kṣetra (hidden sacred region) where Kumāreśa is worshiped.
Pūjā (worship) of Kumāreśa by mahāvrata practitioners is indicated.