Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 163
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन स मुनिः सा च कन्यका । पूजनीया विशेषेण स देवोऽथ महेश्वरः
tasmātsarvaprayatnena sa muniḥ sā ca kanyakā | pūjanīyā viśeṣeṇa sa devo'tha maheśvaraḥ
ฉะนั้น ด้วยความเพียรทุกประการ พึงบูชาฤๅษีผู้นั้นและนางกุมารีผู้นั้นเป็นพิเศษ และพึงบูชาพระมหेशวรผู้เป็นเทพด้วยเช่นกัน
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Amareśvara (as invoked in the surrounding narrative)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis at the narrative assembly
Scene: A sage and a young maiden stand reverently before a Śiva-liṅga of Maheśvara; pilgrims offer flowers, bilva leaves, lamps, and water, emphasizing ‘special worship’ of the deity and honoring the human exemplars.
FAQs
True tīrtha practice honors both the human carriers of sanctity (ṛṣis, holy figures) and the presiding deity, culminating in Śiva-bhakti.
A Nāgara Khaṇḍa pīṭha where a sage (Jābāli), a sacred maiden, and Maheśvara are specially worshipped.
Special worship (viśeṣeṇa pūjā) directed to the sage, the maiden, and Maheśvara.