Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
तस्याः संनिधिमाजग्मुस्तस्मिन्नेव जलाशये । यत्र सा पूजयेद्गौरीं कृत्वा तां पञ्च पिंडिकाम्
tasyāḥ saṃnidhimājagmustasminneva jalāśaye | yatra sā pūjayedgaurīṃ kṛtvā tāṃ pañca piṃḍikām
พวกนางเข้าไปใกล้นาง ณ สระน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้นเอง ที่ซึ่งนางปั้นปิณฑะดินเล็กๆ ห้าก้อน แล้วบูชาพระแม่คาวรี
Sūta (deduced narrative voice)
Type: kund
Scene: The women walk together to the reservoir’s edge; the devotee is seated on a flat stone, shaping five small clay piṇḍikās; a subtle icon of Gaurī (or a small shrine) is present; the water reflects the scene like a mirror.
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A tīrtha is not only geography but practiced devotion—place, rite, and deity converge to generate merit.
A jalāśaya (sacred water-body) central to Adhyāya 177’s Gaurī-pūjā narrative in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.
Worship of Gaurī at the jalāśaya after making five clay piṇḍikās (pañca-piṇḍikā).