Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
तस्याः संनिधिमाजग्मुस्तस्मिन्नेव जलाशये । यत्र सा पूजयेद्गौरीं कृत्वा तां पञ्च पिंडिकाम्
tasyāḥ saṃnidhimājagmustasminneva jalāśaye | yatra sā pūjayedgaurīṃ kṛtvā tāṃ pañca piṃḍikām
فاقتربْنَ منها إلى ذلك الغدير المقدّس بعينه، حيث كانت تعبد الإلهة غَوْرِي بعد أن تُشكِّل خمسَ پِنْداتٍ صغيرة من الطين۔
Sūta (deduced narrative voice)
Type: kund
Scene: The women walk together to the reservoir’s edge; the devotee is seated on a flat stone, shaping five small clay piṇḍikās; a subtle icon of Gaurī (or a small shrine) is present; the water reflects the scene like a mirror.
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A tīrtha is not only geography but practiced devotion—place, rite, and deity converge to generate merit.
A jalāśaya (sacred water-body) central to Adhyāya 177’s Gaurī-pūjā narrative in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.
Worship of Gaurī at the jalāśaya after making five clay piṇḍikās (pañca-piṇḍikā).