एवं ब्रुवत्सु देवेषु कपिलोऽपि मुनिर्जगौ । सत्यमेतदुमापुत्र सर्वतीर्थमयी मही
evaṃ bruvatsu deveṣu kapilo'pi munirjagau | satyametadumāputra sarvatīrthamayī mahī
Khi các chư thiên nói như vậy, hiền triết Kapila cũng cất lời: “Đúng thật như thế, hỡi con của Umā—vùng Mahī này thấm nhuần mọi tīrtha.”
Kapila
Tirtha: Mahī-kṣetra / Mahī-tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Skanda (Umāputra) is directly addressed
Scene: A celestial council: devas speaking; Kapila ṛṣi rises to affirm; Skanda (Umāputra) is addressed respectfully; the landscape below hints at the Mahī kṣetra with water and shrines.
Pilgrimage tradition is reinforced by multi-source testimony—gods and sages converge in affirming a tīrtha’s greatness.
The Mahī-associated tīrtha region, centered on the Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama.
No new ritual is added; Kapila provides authoritative confirmation of the tīrtha’s comprehensive merit.