Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 18
कर्दमो यस्त्वहमपि ज्ञात्वा तीर्थमहा गुणान् । सर्वां भुवं परित्यज्य कृत्वा ह्यश्रममास्तितः
kardamo yastvahamapi jñātvā tīrthamahā guṇān | sarvāṃ bhuvaṃ parityajya kṛtvā hyaśramamāstitaḥ
“Ta—Kardama—cũng vậy, sau khi hiểu rõ những đức hạnh lớn lao của tīrtha này, đã rời bỏ mọi miền khác trên cõi đất và lập một āśrama tại đây.”
Kapila (speaking about Kardama, presented as exemplary testimony)
Tirtha: Mahī-tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sage Kardama, with matted locks and ascetic staff, surveys the sacred riverbank and directs disciples to build a simple āśrama; nearby are ritual fires, deer, and sacred trees; the tīrtha waters glimmer.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s greatness is shown by the choices of realized sages who renounce elsewhere to live near it.
The Mahī-associated confluence tīrtha where Kardama is said to have founded an āśrama.
Āśrama-vāsa (residing/establishing a hermitage) is implied as a meritorious response to a tīrtha’s power.