Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
ततश्चान्वेषयामास पुष्कराणि समंततः । बहुत्वात्तत्र तीर्थानां निश्चयं नान्वपद्यत
tataścānveṣayāmāsa puṣkarāṇi samaṃtataḥ | bahutvāttatra tīrthānāṃ niścayaṃ nānvapadyata
Then he began to search everywhere for the Puṣkaras; but because the holy bathing-places there were so many, he could not arrive at a definite decision.
Skanda (contextual attribution within Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Puṣkara-traya (Elder/Jyeṣṭha, Middle/Madhya, Lesser/Kaniṣṭha) and associated subsidiary tīrthas
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim scans a landscape dotted with many water-spots and ghāṭas, looking uncertain, as if each pool calls him with its own sanctity.
FAQs
The holiness of Puṣkara is so expansive that its tīrthas are innumerable, inviting humility and discernment in pilgrimage.
Puṣkara and its many associated tīrthas (sacred waters) are being praised.
No direct prescription; it sets up the context of seeking an appropriate place for tīrtha-snān (sacred bathing).
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