Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34
उत्तरद्वारकां चापि पूज्यैवं विधिवन्नरः । एतदेव फलं सोपि प्राप्नुयान्मान वोत्तमः
uttaradvārakāṃ cāpi pūjyaivaṃ vidhivannaraḥ | etadeva phalaṃ sopi prāpnuyānmāna vottamaḥ
وكذلك ينبغي للرجل أن يعبد أُتَّرَدْوَارَكَā على هذا النحو بعينه وفق الشعيرة الصحيحة؛ فإن ذلك الأفضل من الرجال ينال الثمرة نفسها أيضًا.
Unknown (contextual narrator within Māheśvara Khaṇḍa discourse)
Tirtha: Uttaradvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim arrives at a northern gateway-temple precinct named Uttaradvārakā and repeats the same offerings—flowers, incense, naivedya—before the presiding deity, suggesting a linked pilgrimage circuit.
FAQs
Properly performed worship at a sanctified place yields assured merit; dharma is enacted through correct ritual and reverence for sacred geography.
Uttaradvārakā is explicitly mentioned as an object of worship within the Māhātmya’s sacred-place framework.
Worship (pūjā) is to be performed ‘vidhivat’—in accordance with prescribed ritual procedure.