Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 41
संवर्त उवाच । नमस्कृत्य कुमाराय दुर्गाभ्यश्च नरोत्तमाः । तीर्थं च संप्रवक्ष्यामि महीसागरसंगमम्
saṃvarta uvāca | namaskṛtya kumārāya durgābhyaśca narottamāḥ | tīrthaṃ ca saṃpravakṣyāmi mahīsāgarasaṃgamam
Saṃvarta berkata: “Wahai yang terbaik antara manusia, setelah bersujud kepada Kumāra dan kepada para Durgā, kini aku akan mengisytiharkan tīrtha suci—pertemuan Sungai Mahī dengan lautan.”
Saṃvarta
Tirtha: Mahī-sāgara-saṅgama
Type: sangam
Listener: The petitioners (addressed as nara-uttamāḥ)
Scene: Saṃvarta folds hands in reverence to Kumāra and the Durgās, then gestures toward the direction of the Mahī river meeting the ocean, proclaiming the tīrtha.
FAQs
Approach sacred places with reverence—beginning with salutations to the deity—before hearing or undertaking tīrtha-yātrā.
The Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama, the confluence of the Mahī River with the ocean.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse frames the narration by offering salutations to Kumāra and the Durgās.