Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
।ऋषय ऊचुः । याज्ञवल्क्येन देवोऽसौ यदि तावत्प्रतिष्ठितः । पुष्पादित्यः कथं प्रोक्त एतन्नो वक्तुमर्हसि
|ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | yājñavalkyena devo'sau yadi tāvatpratiṣṭhitaḥ | puṣpādityaḥ kathaṃ prokta etanno vaktumarhasi
ऋषियों ने कहा—यदि वह देव याज्ञवल्क्य द्वारा प्रतिष्ठित किए गए हैं, तो फिर उन्हें ‘पुष्पादित्य’ क्यों कहा गया? कृपा करके यह हमें बताइए।
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Puṣpāditya-kṣetra/shrine (as named in the question)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (collective)
Scene: A circle of sages seated in a forest-ashram or near a shrine, respectfully questioning the narrator about Yājñavalkya’s installation and the epithet Puṣpāditya.
FAQs
Sacred sites preserve layered histories; understanding a deity’s name and installation deepens faith and right practice.
The passage introduces the Puṣpāditya deity connected to the tīrtha of Adhyāya 155; the exact locale is clarified in the surrounding narrative.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it is a doctrinal question about pratiṣṭhā (consecration) and the deity’s epithet.
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