Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
पुष्पोपि स्थापयामास पुष्पादित्यमथापरम् । पुण्ये सरस्वतीतीरे ततः पूजापरोऽभवत्
puṣpopi sthāpayāmāsa puṣpādityamathāparam | puṇye sarasvatītīre tataḥ pūjāparo'bhavat
তাৰ পাছত পুষ্পইও আন এটা দেবতা—পুষ্পাদিত্য—স্থাপন কৰিলে। পুণ্য সৰস্বতীৰ তীৰত তেতিয়াৰ পৰা তেওঁ পূজাতেই সম্পূৰ্ণ নিমগ্ন হ’ল।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in a Māhātmya frame)
Tirtha: Sarasvatī-tīra (puṇya-tīra)
Type: ghat
Listener: Ṛṣis (implied)
Scene: On a serene riverbank with flowing (or symbolically present) Sarasvatī waters, Puṣpa establishes a solar deity named Puṣpāditya, then continues devoted worship amid reeds, steps, and a small shrine.
FAQs
Consecrating a deity at a tīrtha and maintaining regular worship transforms one’s life into sustained dharma and devotion.
Sarasvatī-tīra—the meritorious bank of the Sarasvatī river—within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s sacred geography.
Deity installation (pratiṣṭhā) and continued pūjā (regular worship) at the tīrtha.