Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 109
यत्त्वयात्र महातीर्थे भृशमाराधितो द्विज । तेनाति तुष्टस्ते वत्स नेशः कालः कथंचन
yattvayātra mahātīrthe bhṛśamārādhito dvija | tenāti tuṣṭaste vatsa neśaḥ kālaḥ kathaṃcana
因为你在此大圣地以深切精勤供奉我，噢二次生者；因此我对你极为欢喜，爱子啊。从今以后，迦罗——时间与死——将再不能以任何方式支配你。
Śiva (Mahādeva), speaking to a dvija devotee
Tirtha: Mahātīrtha (name not provided in excerpt)
Type: tirtha
Listener: Bhārata
Scene: Śiva, radiant, addresses the kneeling brāhmaṇa at the mahātīrtha; behind them a sacred waterbody or ford glows, and a shadowy figure of Kāla recedes, symbolizing Time’s loss of power.
FAQs
Intense worship at a sacred tirtha yields Śiva’s direct grace, granting fearlessness and transcendence over the tyranny of time and death.
It is described as a ‘mahātīrtha’ (great pilgrimage ford) within this chapter’s setting; the name is not given in the provided excerpt.
Ārādhana (earnest worship/propitiation) performed ‘here at the mahātīrtha’ is highlighted as the effective practice.