Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
यदेतद्भवता चात्र पुष्करं तीर्थमुत्तमम् । स्थापितं तस्य नो ब्रूहि माहात्म्यं सुरसत्तम । येन स्नानादिकाः सर्वाः क्रियाः कुर्मः पितामह
yadetadbhavatā cātra puṣkaraṃ tīrthamuttamam | sthāpitaṃ tasya no brūhi māhātmyaṃ surasattama | yena snānādikāḥ sarvāḥ kriyāḥ kurmaḥ pitāmaha
«وبما أنّك قد أقمتَ هنا تيرثا بوشكرا، وهو المعبر المقدّس الأسمى، فأخبرنا بعظمته، يا خيرَ الآلهة، لكي نؤدّي جميع الشعائر ابتداءً من الاغتسال. يا بيتامها، علّمنا واهدِنا».
Brāhmaṇas
Tirtha: Puṣkara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇic audience (implicit)
Scene: Brāhmaṇas address Brahmā (Pitāmaha), requesting the greatness of the newly established Puṣkara so they may perform bathing and all related rites; a sacred lake/ford suggested nearby.
FAQs
Understanding a tīrtha’s māhātmya guides correct practice; knowledge and ritual together sustain dharma.
Puṣkara tīrtha, called ‘uttama’ (supreme).
Performance of rites beginning with snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha.