Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19
वृषस्यैव समुत्सर्गं कारयेत्प्रीयतां हरः । सांनिध्ये कारयेत्पुत्र चतस्रो वत्सिकाः शुभाः
vṛṣasyaiva samutsargaṃ kārayetprīyatāṃ haraḥ | sāṃnidhye kārayetputra catasro vatsikāḥ śubhāḥ
हर (शिव) प्रसन्न व्हावा म्हणून वृषभाचा दानरूपेण उत्सर्ग करावा. आणि त्याच सान्निध्यात, हे पुत्रा, चार शुभ वत्सिका (गायबछड्या)ही कराव्यात.
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Gopāreśvara (within Revā/Narmadā māhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: At a riverside Śiva shrine near the Narmadā, a donor ceremonially releases a decorated bull while attendants present four auspicious heifer-calves; brāhmaṇas witness the rite; Śiva’s presence is implied through liṅga and sacred aura.
FAQs
Offerings performed with correct accompaniments and in Śiva’s sacred presence are aimed at divine pleasure and dharmic merit.
The verse presumes a Śiva-sannidhi within the Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha network, where vṛṣotsarga is ritually performed.
Vṛṣotsarga (bull release) and arranging four auspicious calves as part of the rite in Śiva’s presence.