Skandapurana 1.4.65.59

1.4.65.59

58 atha tasya mahīsāgarasaṃgamakṣetrasya guptakṣetretināmaprasiddhau kāraṇavarṇanam, tatprasaṃgena brahmaloke madhuparkasamaye tīrthakṣetrāṇāṃ mahattvavarṇanaprastāve mahīsāgarasaṃgamena svamukhena svaprakhyātau kriyamāṇāyāṃ brahmaṇo jyeṣṭhaputreṇa dharmeṇa tasmā aprakhyātirūpa-. śāpapradānam, atha tacchāpavacanaśravaṇottaraṃ guhasya tatrāgatya taduktasvaprakhyātisamarthanam, atha dharmeṇa guhasyāgre stutipṛrvakaṃ svāparādhakṣamāpaṇam, mahīsāgarasaṃgamakṣetrasya garvarūpastaṃbhavaśena stambhatīrthākhyayā prasiddhivṛttāntavarṇanapuraḥsaraṃ stambhatīrthāparaparyāyamahīsāgarasaṃgamamāhātmyakathanam, arjunasya tīrthayātrāparisamāptivṛttānta-
varṇanama.... ... ............ ... 195 2

58. Now, description of the reason for that Mahīsāgarasaṃgama sacred field's renown under the name Guptakṣetra; in that connection, in the world of Brahmā at the time of the honey-offering, in the context of describing the greatness of sacred fords and fields, as Mahīsāgarasaṃgama proclaims its own renown with its own mouth, Brahmā's eldest son Dharma pronounces a curse upon it that it become unrenowned; then, after hearing the words of that curse, Guha arrives there and vindicates its statement of its own renown; then Dharma, preceded by praise, begs forgiveness of Guha for his offence; description of the account of its renown under the name Stambhatīrtha on account of the pillar-like stupor of pride in the Mahīsāgarasaṃgama sacred field, followed by the narration of the māhātmya of Mahīsāgarasaṃgama, whose other name is Stambhatīrtha; description of the account of Arjuna's completion of his pilgrimage to sacred fords... 195 2