Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 76
संप्रयाणे मनुष्याणां संभ्रमः सुमहानभूत् । इति सर्वेषु गच्छत्सु गोकर्णं शिवमंदिरम्
saṃprayāṇe manuṣyāṇāṃ saṃbhramaḥ sumahānabhūt | iti sarveṣu gacchatsu gokarṇaṃ śivamaṃdiram
ਜਦ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਯਾਤਰਾ ਲਈ ਨਿਕਲੇ, ਤਾਂ ਬਹੁਤ ਵੱਡਾ ਹੰਗਾਮਾ ਮਚ ਗਿਆ। ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸਭ ਦੇ ਚਲ ਪੈਣ ਤੇ ਉਹ ਗੋਕਰਣ—ਸ਼ਿਵ ਦੇ ਮੰਦਰ ਵੱਲ ਹੀ ਰੁਖ ਕਰ ਗਏ।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Gokarṇa
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A swelling crowd sets out; dust rises; banners and staffs sway; in the distance stands the Śiva temple of Gokarṇa, drawing everyone forward.
FAQs
A sacred destination (Śiva’s shrine) draws the many together; collective yātrā becomes a force that turns life toward dharma.
Gokarṇa, specifically as a Śiva-mandira-centered tīrtha.
No specific ritual is stated; the verse establishes the yātrā movement toward the shrine.