गुहेन च महालिंगं कुमारेश्वरमीश्वरम् । संस्थाप्य तीर्थमुख्यत्वं मम दत्तं महात्मना
guhena ca mahāliṃgaṃ kumāreśvaramīśvaram | saṃsthāpya tīrthamukhyatvaṃ mama dattaṃ mahātmanā
“اور گُہا (سکند) نے مہا لِنگ—پرَبھو کُماریشور ایشور—کو قائم کیا۔ اس مہاتما نے اسے پرتیِشٹھا دے کر مجھے تیرتھوں میں سرفرازی اور اوّلیت عطا کی۔”
Tīrtharāja (Mahīsāgara-saṅgama personified)
Tirtha: Kumāreśvara (at Mahī–Sāgara-saṅgama)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Guha/Skanda, radiant and youthful, performs liṅga-pratiṣṭhā of a towering Mahā-liṅga named Kumāreśvara at the confluence; devas shower flowers; the river and ocean deities witness as the tīrtha is crowned ‘foremost’.
A tīrtha’s greatness is sealed by divine consecration—Skanda’s स्थापना of a Śiva-liṅga becomes the basis for the site’s supremacy.
Mahīsāgara-saṅgama, linked to the installed Kumāreśvara liṅga.
Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (establishing a Śiva-liṅga) is referenced as the sanctifying act behind the tīrtha’s rank.