Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30
तद्वत्स द्वादशीयोगे भल्लतीर्थस्य संनिधौ । यस्तु मां पूजयेद्भक्त्या नारी वाऽपि नरोऽपि वा । तस्य जन्मसहस्राणि गृहभंगो न जायते
tadvatsa dvādaśīyoge bhallatīrthasya saṃnidhau | yastu māṃ pūjayedbhaktyā nārī vā'pi naro'pi vā | tasya janmasahasrāṇi gṛhabhaṃgo na jāyate
तसेच, हे वत्सा, द्वादशी-योगी भल्लतीर्थाच्या सान्निध्यात जो कोणी—स्त्री असो वा पुरुष—भक्तीने माझी पूजा करतो, त्याच्या हजारो जन्मांतही गृहभंग (घराचे तुटणे) होत नाही.
Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from adjacent context in this section)
Tirtha: Bhallatīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: ‘Vatsa’ (dear one) addressed within the Devī-dialogue frame
Scene: At Bhallatīrtha on Dvādaśī-yoga, devotees—women and men—offer flowers, lamps, and water to Viṣṇu’s presence; the tīrtha waters glint, and a sense of protective blessing over homes is conveyed.
FAQs
Devotional worship at a sanctified tīrtha, especially on Dvādaśī, is portrayed as a powerful protector of one’s worldly stability and dharmic household life.
Bhallatīrtha, a sacred spot within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
Worship (pūjā) performed with devotion at Bhallatīrtha during the Dvādaśī observance/conjunction.