Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि पुष्करेश्वरमुत्तमम् । तस्यैव दक्षिणे भागे जानकीश्वरमुत्तमम्
īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi puṣkareśvaramuttamam | tasyaiva dakṣiṇe bhāge jānakīśvaramuttamam
ஈஸ்வரன் கூறினார்—அதன்பின், ஓ மஹாதேவி, சிறந்த புஷ்கரேஸ்வரனை அடைய வேண்டும். அதே தலத்தின் தெற்கு பகுதியில் பரம மங்களமான ஜானகீஸ்வரன் உள்ளான்।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Puṣkareśvara; Jānakīśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva instructs Pārvatī on a pilgrimage map: two nearby shrines are shown, Puṣkareśvara central and Jānakīśvara to the south, with devotees walking a short path between them.
FAQs
Dharma is supported by tīrtha-yātrā performed with reverence—moving from one sanctified Śiva-site to the next as instructed by scripture.
Puṣkareśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, along with the nearby shrine/linga Jānakīśvara to its south.
A pilgrimage instruction: “one should go” (gacchet) to Puṣkareśvara (and then to Jānakīśvara).