Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 30
एतत्सर्वमशेषेण स दृष्ट्वा बल्लवीसुतः । कुतूहलेन विदधे शिवपूजां विरक्तिदाम्
etatsarvamaśeṣeṇa sa dṛṣṭvā ballavīsutaḥ | kutūhalena vidadhe śivapūjāṃ viraktidām
ഇതെല്ലാം പൂർണ്ണമായി കണ്ട ഗോപികയുടെ പുത്രൻ കൗതുകത്താൽ പ്രേരിതനായി, വൈരാഗ്യദായകനായ ശിവന്റെ പൂജ ആരംഭിച്ചു।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, unspecified in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A young cowherd boy, having observed the grand worship, looks inspired and begins arranging his own simple Śiva-pūjā with earnest concentration.
FAQs
Śiva-pūjā is praised not merely for worldly gain but as a means that grants virakti (dispassion) and inner turning toward dharma.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse glorifies Śiva worship itself as spiritually elevating.
The act prescribed is Śiva-pūjā (worship of Śiva), motivated here by kutoohala that matures into devotion.