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Guptakshetra (Mahi-sagara-sangama)

Also called: Mahisagara Sangam, Gupta Kshetra

The hidden holy field where the river Mahi meets the sea, the setting of the Kaumarika Khanda's Barbarika chapters: his three years of worship, Vijaya's rite, the fight with Bhima and the Bhimeshvara linga.

Sources: Skanda Purana, Kaumarika Khanda 61, The liturgy of Ganeshvara, tr. G. V. Tagare (Wisdom Library); Skanda Purana (Wikipedia) · see Guptakshetra (Mahi-sagara-sangama)'s web

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Stories 4

The riddle on the swing (Ghatotkacha's bride and Barbarika's birth)
Legend · 2 tellings
The guard at Vijaya's fire
Legend · 1 telling
The grandson at the pond
Legend · 1 telling
Bhima's blindness and Yogamaya's promise
Legend · 1 telling

Cited

Skanda Purana, Kaumarika Khanda 61, The liturgy of Ganeshvara, tr. G. V. Tagare (Wisdom Library) Primary text (translation)
Skanda Purana (Wikipedia) Encyclopedia