Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 26
ममैनमर्घं त्वं यच्छ चतुरानन शीघ्रतः । यतः कोटिकलायां वा मम कोऽपि न पूर्यते
mamainamarghaṃ tvaṃ yaccha caturānana śīghrataḥ | yataḥ koṭikalāyāṃ vā mama ko'pi na pūryate
“اے چہار رُخ والے! جلدی سے مجھے یہ اَرجھ (نذرانۂ تعظیم) عطا کر؛ کیونکہ کروڑوں کَلا کے عرصے میں بھی میرا کوئی ہمسر نہیں ملتا۔”
Tīrtharāja (Mahīsāgara-saṅgama personified)
Tirtha: Mahīsāgara-saṅgama
Type: sangam
Scene: The confluence-deity addresses Brahmā directly, requesting immediate argha; Brahmā’s four faces turn toward the speaker while sages watch.
FAQs
The purāṇic worldview treats certain tīrthas as uniquely potent, worthy of immediate reverence and ritual honor.
Mahīsāgara-saṅgama, called Tīrtharāja and presented as incomparable.
Offering argha (a formal honor-offering) to the tīrtha is explicitly requested.