Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 9
अहं हि ब्रह्मणो वाक्याद्विप्राणां स्थानकं शुभम् । दातुकामो महातीर्थे महीसागरसंगमे
ahaṃ hi brahmaṇo vākyādviprāṇāṃ sthānakaṃ śubham | dātukāmo mahātīrthe mahīsāgarasaṃgame
मी ब्रह्मदेवांच्या आज्ञेने, महातीर्थात—भूमी (नदी/प्रदेश) आणि सागर यांच्या संगमस्थळी—विप्रांना शुभ निवासस्थान देण्यास इच्छितो।
Nārada
Tirtha: Mahātīrtha at Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama (महीसागर-संगम)
Type: sangam
Listener: Pārtha (outer frame); brāhmaṇas (immediate audience)
Scene: The divine sage declares Brahmā’s command to establish an auspicious brāhmaṇa dwelling at a great coastal confluence where land/river meets the ocean; waves and sacred atmosphere frame the proclamation.
FAQs
Divine instruction (Brahmā’s word) is fulfilled through dhārmic giving—supporting brāhmaṇas and sacred institutions at tīrthas.
The mahātīrtha called Mahī–Sāgara-Saṅgama, the confluence of Mahī and the Ocean.
Dāna in the form of granting an auspicious ‘sthānaka’ (dwelling/place) for brāhmaṇas at the tīrtha.