Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि कौबेरात्पूर्वसंस्थितम् । गव्यूतिपंचके देवि पुष्करंनाम नामतः । यत्र सिद्धो महादेवि कैवर्तो मत्स्यघातकः
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi kauberātpūrvasaṃsthitam | gavyūtipaṃcake devi puṣkaraṃnāma nāmataḥ | yatra siddho mahādevi kaivarto matsyaghātakaḥ
ঈশ্বর বললেন—হে মহাদেবী, তারপর কুবের-স্থান থেকে পূর্বদিকে গমন করা উচিত। হে দেবি, পাঁচ গব্যূতি দূরে ‘পুষ্কর’ নামে প্রসিদ্ধ এক স্থান আছে, যেখানে হে মহাদেবী, মাছ-হন্তা এক কৈবর্ত সিদ্ধিলাভ করেছিল।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Puṣkara (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kund
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva instructs Devī on a pilgrimage route: from the Kaubera spot eastward to Puṣkara, a modest tirtha where a fisherman-sinner becomes a siddha; the landscape suggests coastal Prabhāsa with shrines and waypoints.
FAQs
A tīrtha can transfigure even morally burdened lives; sacred place and right approach can elevate one beyond prior deeds.
A Puṣkara-named tīrtha within the Prabhāsa pilgrimage circuit, located east of Kubera-sthāna by five gavyūtis.
A directional pilgrimage instruction is given: proceed east from Kubera-sthāna to the Puṣkara site (no specific pūjā items stated in this verse).