Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 71
कार्त्तिक्यां कृत्तिकायोगे वृषोत्सर्गं करोति यः । पुष्करेषु सुपुण्येषु सोऽश्वमेधफलं लभेत्
kārttikyāṃ kṛttikāyoge vṛṣotsargaṃ karoti yaḥ | puṣkareṣu supuṇyeṣu so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet
കാർത്തിക മാസത്തിൽ കൃത്തികാ യോഗം നിലനിൽക്കുമ്പോൾ, അതിപുണ്യമായ പുഷ്കരങ്ങളിൽ വൃഷോത്സർഗം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ അശ്വമേധ യാഗഫലം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.
Sūta
Tirtha: Puṣkara (Puṣkaras)
Type: kshetra
Scene: At Puṣkara in Kārttika, pilgrims and priests perform vṛṣotsarga: a decorated bull is honored with garlands and tilaka, then ceremonially released near the tīrtha; lamps and autumnal clarity fill the scene.
FAQs
Properly timed and properly placed dharmic gifting (vṛṣotsarga) becomes extraordinarily potent, equaling famed Vedic sacrifices in merit.
Puṣkara—described as “supremely meritorious”—is the tīrtha where the rite yields Aśvamedha-like fruit.
Vṛṣotsarga: dedicating/releasing a bull as a religious act, to be done at Puṣkara during Kārttika under Kṛttikā-yoga.