Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
सूत उवाच । वृषध्वजश्च शर्वश्च मृगव्याधस्तृतीयकः । अजैकपादहिर्बुध्न्यः पिनाकी षष्ठ एव हि
sūta uvāca | vṛṣadhvajaśca śarvaśca mṛgavyādhastṛtīyakaḥ | ajaikapādahirbudhnyaḥ pinākī ṣaṣṭha eva hi
सूत म्हणाले— वृषध्वज, शर्व, तिसरा मृगव्याध; अजैकपाद, अहिर्बुध्न्य आणि पिनाकी— हेच येथे प्रथम सहा नामे सांगितली आहेत.
Sūta
Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya frame implied)
Scene: Sūta, seated in a forest-āśrama or yajña-sabhā, recites a litany of Rudra’s names; behind him, a subtle vision of Śiva with bull-banner (Vṛṣadhvaja) and pināka bow appears as a cosmic overlay.
FAQs
The many names of Rudra highlight Śiva’s manifold functions and forms; remembering them supports Śaiva devotion and Purāṇic cosmology.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it serves an enumerative (nāma) section within the broader Tīrthamāhātmya.
Implicitly, nāma-kīrtana/recitation of divine names; no explicit vow or rite is stated.