Tīrthas of Guptakshetra
Guptakshetra is the sacred land around the meeting of the Mahī river and the western sea. The Kaumārika Khaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa describes its tīrthas and liṅgas. The pages below describe them one by one.
Bahūdaka Tīrtha is a sacred pool in Guptakshetra at the Mahīsāgara Saṃgama, where the Kapīleśvara Liṅga stands.
BarkareśvaraBarkareśvara is a Śiva Liṅga in Guptakshetra near the Bahūdaka Tīrtha, paired with the Barkarika Tīrtha and the child-sun Bālāditya.
Five Southern Coastal TīrthasFive tīrthas on the western sea-coast: Kumāreśa, Stambheśvara, Barkaraśvara, Mahākāla and Siddheśa, where Arjuna freed five cursed apsarās.
GuptakshetraGuptakshetra, the hidden sacred field, is the Mahīsāgara Saṃgama and the land around it, seven krośas in every direction, on the western coast of Bhārata.
KalāpagramaKalāpagrama is a holy village of brāhmaṇas where Nārada put twelve questions to the child Sutanu and where Lomaśa Muni taught Indradyumna.
KoṭitīrthaThe Koṭitīrtha is the best known bathing tīrtha in Guptakshetra at the Mahīsāgara Saṃgama, where all ten million tīrthas of Bhārata are present.
Mahīsāgara SaṃgamaThe Mahīsāgara Saṃgama is where the river Mahī meets the western sea in what is now Gujarat, a supreme tīrtha that gives the merit of all tīrthas.