Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि तृतीयं पुष्करं महत् । तस्यैव पूर्वदिग्भागे किञ्चिदीशानगोचरे । कनीयः संस्मृतं कुंडं पुष्करंनाम नामतः
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi tṛtīyaṃ puṣkaraṃ mahat | tasyaiva pūrvadigbhāge kiñcidīśānagocare | kanīyaḥ saṃsmṛtaṃ kuṃḍaṃ puṣkaraṃnāma nāmataḥ
ಈಶ್ವರನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಓ ಮಹಾದೇವಿ, ನಂತರ ಮೂರನೇ ಮಹತ್ ಪುಷ್ಕರಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗಬೇಕು. ಅದರ ಪೂರ್ವ ದಿಕ್ಕಿನ ಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ, ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಈಶಾನ (ಉತ್ತರ-ಪೂರ್ವ) ಕಡೆಗೆ, ‘ಪುಷ್ಕರ’ ಎಂಬ ಹೆಸರಿನಿಂದ ಸ್ಮರಿಸಲ್ಪಡುವ ಒಂದು ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಕುಂಡವಿದೆ।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Tṛtīya Mahat Puṣkara; (smaller) Puṣkara-kuṇḍa
Type: kund
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva, as guide, points out a sacred landscape map-like: the ‘third great Puṣkara’ and, to its east-northeast, a smaller Puṣkara-named pond; pilgrims walk with staffs, with trees and water bodies arranged like a mandala.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is taught as a guided sacred geography—knowing and approaching specific tīrthas is itself part of dharma and merit.
Puṣkara-kuṇḍa (a sacred pond) within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
The instruction is primarily directional—‘one should go’ to the tīrtha—setting up later rites like snāna and dāna.
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