Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31
नामभिश्च क्रमेणैव युष्मदीयैः स्वयं द्विजाः । विश्वामित्रह्रदे स्नात्वा एता मूर्तीर्ममात्र वै । पूजयिष्यंति ये मर्त्यास्ते यास्यंति परां गतिम्
nāmabhiśca krameṇaiva yuṣmadīyaiḥ svayaṃ dvijāḥ | viśvāmitrahrade snātvā etā mūrtīrmamātra vai | pūjayiṣyaṃti ye martyāste yāsyaṃti parāṃ gatim
«ហើយ ឱ ព្រាហ្មណៈទាំងឡាយ អ្នកទាំងអស់គ្នានឹងដាក់ឈ្មោះរបស់ខ្លួនឲ្យពួកវា តាមលំដាប់ដោយខ្លួនឯង។ មនុស្សណាដែលងូតទឹកនៅស្រះវិશ્વាមិត្រ ហើយបូជារូបទាំងនេះរបស់ខ្ញុំនៅទីនេះ នោះនឹងទៅដល់ស្ថានភាពខ្ពង់ខ្ពស់បំផុត»។
Śrī Bhagavān (Rudra/Śiva)
Tirtha: Viśvāmitra-hrada
Type: kund
Listener: Dvijas/brāhmaṇas
Scene: Brāhmaṇas are instructed to name the forms in sequence; pilgrims bathe in Viśvāmitra’s lake and then worship the eleven forms, attaining the supreme state.
FAQs
Tīrtha-snāna followed by sincere pūjā of the deity’s manifested forms leads toward the highest spiritual attainment.
Viśvāmitra-hrada (Viśvāmitra’s lake) and the nearby Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra where the mūrtis are worshiped.
Bathe (snāna) in Viśvāmitra-hrada, then worship (pūjā) the Lord’s forms in that kṣetra; naming/ordering of the forms is also indicated.