Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
पुष्करान्नैरृते भागे धनुर्विशतिभिः स्मृतम् । यदा बद्धो बलिर्देवि विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना
puṣkarānnairṛte bhāge dhanurviśatibhiḥ smṛtam | yadā baddho balirdevi viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā
पुष्करस्य नैऋते भागे धनुर्विंशतिभिः स्थितं स्मृतम्। यत्र देवि प्रभविष्णुना विष्णुना बलिर्बद्धोऽभवत्॥
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Bali-bandhana-sthāna (near Puṣkara; as described)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’)
Scene: A pilgrimage marker near Puṣkara: Viṣṇu as Vāmana stands before Bali; the moment of binding is implied, with the landscape measured ‘twenty dhanus’ to the south-west; the Goddess is addressed as witness.
FAQs
Sacred geography is anchored in divine acts; remembering Viṣṇu’s binding of Bali inspires humility and surrender to dharma.
The Vāmanasvāmi (Viṣṇu) site near Puṣkara within Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s pilgrimage map.
A directional instruction for pilgrims: the shrine is twenty dhanus to the south-west of Puṣkara.