Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 176
तस्मात्त्वमत्र तीर्थे च महाकालमिति स्मृतम् । सिद्धिं गतं वृणु भद्रे पतित्वे वरवर्णिनि
tasmāttvamatra tīrthe ca mahākālamiti smṛtam | siddhiṃ gataṃ vṛṇu bhadre patitve varavarṇini
म्हणून येथे ‘महाकाल’ म्हणून प्रसिद्ध असलेल्या या तीर्थात, हे भद्रे, हे सुंदरवर्णिनी, सिद्धीला पोचलेल्या महाकालास पती म्हणून वरण कर.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Mahākāla-tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: At a Śaiva tīrtha, a revered voice urges the maiden to accept Mahākāla—depicted as a radiant ascetic-lord—while the sacred landscape (liṅga, ghāṭa, and river) frames the decision as a rite of passage.
FAQs
Approaching a Śiva-tīrtha and taking refuge in Mahākāla is presented as a dharmic remedy that grants auspicious fulfillment.
Mahākāla tīrtha, explicitly named in the verse.
An implicit prescription: to approach Mahākāla tīrtha and accept/choose Mahākāla through devotion and sacred resolve.