Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4
पुष्करस्य प्रभासस्य निमिषस्यार्बुदस्य च । कुरुक्षेत्रस्य क्षेत्रस्य धर्मारण्यस्य देवताः
puṣkarasya prabhāsasya nimiṣasyārbudasya ca | kurukṣetrasya kṣetrasya dharmāraṇyasya devatāḥ
ในหมู่ท่านเหล่านั้น มีเทวะผู้เป็นประธานแห่งปุษกระ แห่งประภาสะ แห่งนิมิษะ และแห่งอรพุทะ ตลอดจนแห่งกุรุเกษตร และแห่งธรรมารัณยะด้วย
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual attribution for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Puṣkara; Prabhāsa; Nimiṣa (Naimiṣa); Arbuda; Kurukṣetra; Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Arjuna
Scene: A composite 'map-as-procession': six tīrtha-deities appear with distinct iconographic tokens—Puṣkara with lotus lake and Brahmā-symbols; Prabhāsa with sea-waves and liṅga motif; Nimiṣa with sacrificial fire and kusa grass; Arbuda with mountain peak and pine/cedar; Kurukṣetra with dharma-banner and chariot-wheel; Dharmāraṇya with forest canopy and scripture scroll—moving toward Brahmā’s assembly.
FAQs
Pilgrimage traditions are interlinked; many kṣetras collectively participate in a shared sacred order.
Puṣkara, Prabhāsa, Nimiṣa, Arbuda, Kurukṣetra, and Dharmāraṇya are explicitly named.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; it is a catalog of tīrthas whose deities are present.