Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 109
यत्त्वयात्र महातीर्थे भृशमाराधितो द्विज । तेनाति तुष्टस्ते वत्स नेशः कालः कथंचन
yattvayātra mahātīrthe bhṛśamārādhito dvija | tenāti tuṣṭaste vatsa neśaḥ kālaḥ kathaṃcana
हे द्विजा! या महातीर्थी तू अत्यंत भक्तिभावाने माझी आराधना केलीस; म्हणून, वत्सा, मी तुझ्यावर फार प्रसन्न आहे. आता कोणत्याही प्रकारे काळ तुझ्यावर प्रभुत्व गाजवू शकणार नाही.
Śiva (Mahādeva), speaking to a dvija devotee
Tirtha: Mahātīrtha (name not provided in excerpt)
Type: tirtha
Listener: Bhārata
Scene: Śiva, radiant, addresses the kneeling brāhmaṇa at the mahātīrtha; behind them a sacred waterbody or ford glows, and a shadowy figure of Kāla recedes, symbolizing Time’s loss of power.
FAQs
Intense worship at a sacred tirtha yields Śiva’s direct grace, granting fearlessness and transcendence over the tyranny of time and death.
It is described as a ‘mahātīrtha’ (great pilgrimage ford) within this chapter’s setting; the name is not given in the provided excerpt.
Ārādhana (earnest worship/propitiation) performed ‘here at the mahātīrtha’ is highlighted as the effective practice.