Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31
इन्द्र उवाच । अहमागत्य नित्यं त्वां स्वर्गाद्वृषभवाहन । अत्रस्थं पूजयिष्यामि पास्यामि च तथोदकम्
indra uvāca | ahamāgatya nityaṃ tvāṃ svargādvṛṣabhavāhana | atrasthaṃ pūjayiṣyāmi pāsyāmi ca tathodakam
इन्द्र उवाच—अहं स्वर्गाद् आगत्य नित्यं त्वाम् अत्रावस्थितं वृषभध्वजं पूजयिष्यामि, तथा चैतत् पवित्रं तोयम् अपि पास्यामि।
Indra
Tirtha: Kedāra (name being established in the surrounding verses)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Vṛṣabhavāhana (Śiva)
Scene: Indra descends from Svarga, hands folded, approaching Śiva (Vṛṣabhavāhana) abiding at the tīrtha; attendants hold kalaśas; Indra receives/drinks sacred water after worship.
FAQs
Even the king of gods seeks steady daily devotion; regular worship (nitya-pūjā) is portrayed as the backbone of spiritual strength.
The place where Śiva abides in this narrative—identified in the adhyāya with Kedāra and its sacred water.
A vow of daily pilgrimage-like attendance: worship of Śiva at the site and drinking the tīrtha-water.