Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 15
अहं तानब्रवं सर्वान्कुतो यूयं समागताः । ते मामूचुः प्रणम्याथ सौराष्ट्रविषये मुने
ahaṃ tānabravaṃ sarvānkuto yūyaṃ samāgatāḥ | te māmūcuḥ praṇamyātha saurāṣṭraviṣaye mune
میں نے اُن سب سے پوچھا، “تم کہاں سے آئے ہو؟” انہوں نے مجھے پرنام کر کے کہا، “اے مُنی، ہم سوراشٹر کے دیس سے آئے ہیں۔”
Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa (deduced)
Tirtha: Saurāṣṭra (regional tīrtha-mandala)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A host-sage questions a group of arriving munis; they bow with folded hands and indicate ‘Saurashtra’ as their origin, with the sea-shore and travel staffs visible.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is shown as a living tradition: sages travel from famed regions to participate in tīrtha rites.
The immediate setting remains the holy mahī–sāgara saṅgama; the verse additionally points to Saurāṣṭra as a sacred region of origin.
No new rite is prescribed here; the verse supports the ongoing context of tīrtha-snānā (holy bathing).