Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
यदेतद्भवता चात्र पुष्करं तीर्थमुत्तमम् । स्थापितं तस्य नो ब्रूहि माहात्म्यं सुरसत्तम । येन स्नानादिकाः सर्वाः क्रियाः कुर्मः पितामह
yadetadbhavatā cātra puṣkaraṃ tīrthamuttamam | sthāpitaṃ tasya no brūhi māhātmyaṃ surasattama | yena snānādikāḥ sarvāḥ kriyāḥ kurmaḥ pitāmaha
「あなたがここに、最上のティールタであるプシュカラを स्थापित されたゆえ、その महानなる功徳をお語りください、神々の中の最勝者よ。われらが沐浴に始まる一切の儀礼を行えるように。おおピターマハ（祖父神）よ、教え導きたまえ。」
Brāhmaṇas
Tirtha: Puṣkara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇic audience (implicit)
Scene: Brāhmaṇas address Brahmā (Pitāmaha), requesting the greatness of the newly established Puṣkara so they may perform bathing and all related rites; a sacred lake/ford suggested nearby.
FAQs
Understanding a tīrtha’s māhātmya guides correct practice; knowledge and ritual together sustain dharma.
Puṣkara tīrtha, called ‘uttama’ (supreme).
Performance of rites beginning with snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha.