Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
प्रह्लाद उवाच । ततो गच्छेद्द्विजश्रेष्ठास्तीर्थं पापप्रणाशनम् । कृकलासमिति ख्यातं नृगतीर्थमनुत्तमम्
prahlāda uvāca | tato gaccheddvijaśreṣṭhāstīrthaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam | kṛkalāsamiti khyātaṃ nṛgatīrthamanuttamam
प्रह्लाद म्हणाला—त्यानंतर, हे द्विजश्रेष्ठांनो, पापांचा नाश करणाऱ्या त्या तीर्थास जावे, जे ‘कृकलास’ म्हणून प्रसिद्ध आहे—अनुत्तम नृगतीर्थ।
Prahlāda
Tirtha: Kṛkalāsa-tīrtha (Nṛga-tīrtha)
Type: ghat
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvija-śreṣṭhāḥ)
Scene: Prahlāda instructs brāhmaṇas to proceed to a famed ford; the tīrtha is shown with a stone ghat and clear water; a symbolic lizard (kṛkalāsa) motif appears, hinting at Nṛga’s curse and release.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is framed as a dharmic journey to specific tīrthas whose power is to dissolve sin and elevate the soul.
Kṛkalāsa Tīrtha, also called Nṛga Tīrtha, in the Dvārakā Māhātmya.
A directive to proceed to the tīrtha (gacchet)—a pilgrimage injunction, implying darśana and customary tīrtha rites such as snāna.