Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60
यस्तयोर्विधिवत्स्नानं कृत्वा पूजयते नरः । शूद्रकेश्वरसंज्ञं च लिंगं श्रद्धासमन्वितः
yastayorvidhivatsnānaṃ kṛtvā pūjayate naraḥ | śūdrakeśvarasaṃjñaṃ ca liṃgaṃ śraddhāsamanvitaḥ
जो मनुष्य त्या तीर्थांत विधिपूर्वक स्नान करून श्रद्धायुक्त होऊन ‘शूद्रकेश्वर’ नामक लिंगाची पूजा करतो—
Skanda (deduced from Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Śūdrakeśvara
Type: ghat
Scene: Pilgrims descend stone steps to bathe; after drying and donning clean cloth, they approach the Śūdrakeśvara liṅga with offerings—water-pot, bilva leaves, incense—hands folded in faith.
FAQs
Faithful worship after proper tīrtha-bathing is upheld as a complete religious act leading to spiritual purification.
Śūdrakeśvara Liṅga at the Gaṅgā–Yamunā sacred waters (confluence-region tīrtha).
Perform vidhivat snāna (ritual bathing) and then pūjā (worship) of the Śūdrakeśvara liṅga with śraddhā.