Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 183
इत्युक्ते विस्मिता देवाः साधु साध्विति ते जगुः । ब्रह्मविष्णुमुखाश्चैव महाकालं प्रतुष्टुवुः
ityukte vismitā devāḥ sādhu sādhviti te jaguḥ | brahmaviṣṇumukhāścaiva mahākālaṃ pratuṣṭuvuḥ
ఇలా చెప్పగానే దేవతలు ఆశ్చర్యపడి ‘సాధు! సాధు!’ అని పలికారు; బ్రహ్మ-విష్ణు మొదలైనవారు మహాకాలుని స్తుతించారు।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Mahākāla (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages (outer frame)
Scene: A celestial court: Brahmā and Viṣṇu at the forefront with folded hands, other devas astonished, all turning toward Mahākāla; speech-banners of ‘sādhu sādhu’ implied.
FAQs
True dharma and devotion receive universal acclaim—even the gods affirm the greatness of Mahākāla and his worship.
Mahākāla’s sacred sphere is glorified through the collective stuti of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and the gods.
Not a new prescription; it concludes by endorsing the previously stated modes of liṅga devotion.