Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79
ततः शक्रः सुरैः सार्धं गत्वा तस्य तदाश्रमम् । प्राचीसरस्वतीतीरे पुष्करे द्विजसत्तमाः
tataḥ śakraḥ suraiḥ sārdhaṃ gatvā tasya tadāśramam | prācīsarasvatītīre puṣkare dvijasattamāḥ
मग शक्र (इंद्र) देवांसह त्याच्या आश्रमास गेला—प्राची सरस्वतीच्या तीरावर, पुष्कर येथे, हे श्रेष्ठ द्विजांनो।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Puṣkara (Prācī Sarasvatī-tīra)
Type: ghat
Scene: Indra, with the gods, journeys to Dadhīci’s hermitage situated at Puṣkara on the bank of the eastern Sarasvatī.
FAQs
The gods themselves honor and approach a tapasvin at a tīrtha, showing that spiritual power rooted in sacred places commands universal reverence.
Puṣkara, specifically the bank of the Prācī Sarasvatī (eastern Sarasvatī).
No direct prescription here; it narrates a pilgrimage-like approach to an āśrama at a tīrtha.