Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या गंषपुष्पादिभिः क्रमात् । यात्रा कृता भवेत्तेन पौष्करी नात्र संशयः
yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā gaṃṣapuṣpādibhiḥ kramāt | yātrā kṛtā bhavettena pauṣkarī nātra saṃśayaḥ
जो कोणी त्याची भक्तीने—क्रमाने गंध, पुष्प इत्यादी अर्पून—पूजा करतो, त्याच्याद्वारे पौष्करी यात्रा निःसंशय पूर्ण होते; यात शंका नाही।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Puṣkareśvara (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A devotee performs sequential offerings—fragrant flowers, incense, lamp—before Puṣkareśvara; behind, a faint visionary overlay shows distant Puṣkara tīrtha, indicating ‘yātrā accomplished’.
FAQs
Tīrtha-yātrā is fulfilled not merely by travel but by devotional worship (bhakti) expressed through offerings.
Puṣkareśvara and the associated Puṣkarī pilgrimage in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
Pūjā with flowers and related offerings, performed in proper sequence (kramāt).