Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34
उत्तरद्वारकां चापि पूज्यैवं विधिवन्नरः । एतदेव फलं सोपि प्राप्नुयान्मान वोत्तमः
uttaradvārakāṃ cāpi pūjyaivaṃ vidhivannaraḥ | etadeva phalaṃ sopi prāpnuyānmāna vottamaḥ
De même, l’homme doit vénérer Uttaradvārakā de cette manière, selon le rite prescrit ; et ce meilleur des hommes obtiendra pareillement le même fruit.
Unknown (contextual narrator within Māheśvara Khaṇḍa discourse)
Tirtha: Uttaradvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim arrives at a northern gateway-temple precinct named Uttaradvārakā and repeats the same offerings—flowers, incense, naivedya—before the presiding deity, suggesting a linked pilgrimage circuit.
FAQs
Properly performed worship at a sanctified place yields assured merit; dharma is enacted through correct ritual and reverence for sacred geography.
Uttaradvārakā is explicitly mentioned as an object of worship within the Māhātmya’s sacred-place framework.
Worship (pūjā) is to be performed ‘vidhivat’—in accordance with prescribed ritual procedure.