Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 61
महीसागरयात्रायां भवेत्तच्चावधारय । प्रभासदशयात्राभिः सप्तभिः पुष्करस्य च
mahīsāgarayātrāyāṃ bhavettaccāvadhāraya | prabhāsadaśayātrābhiḥ saptabhiḥ puṣkarasya ca
நன்றாக அறிந்துகொள்—மஹீஸாகரத் தீர்த்தயாத்திரையால் உண்டாகும் புண்ணியம், பிரபாசத்திற்கு பத்து யாத்திரைகளின் புண்ணியத்திற்கும், புஷ்கரத்திற்கு ஏழு யாத்திரைகளின் புண்ணியத்திற்கும் சமம்.
Dharma (personified), comparing tīrtha-merits
Tirtha: Mahīsāgara
Type: sangam
Scene: A pilgrim approaches a luminous shoreline/sangam where river-waters merge with the sea; sages gesture toward a sacred map-like vision showing Prabhāsa and Puṣkara as ‘counted’ merits dissolving into one radiant tirtha.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrtha-māhātmyas express the greatness of a site by equating its merit with multiple renowned pilgrimages.
Stambhatīrtha is being praised by comparison with Mahīsāgara, Prabhāsa, and Puṣkara.
Pilgrimage (yātrā) and implied tīrtha-observances whose fruits are being compared.