Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34
अन्योऽपि यः पुमांस्ताश्च आराधयति श्रद्धया । स याति परमं स्थानं यत्र देवो महेश्वरः
anyo'pi yaḥ pumāṃstāśca ārādhayati śraddhayā | sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatra devo maheśvaraḥ
แม้บุคคลอื่นใดก็ตาม ผู้ใดบูชาพระรูปเหล่านั้นด้วยศรัทธา ผู้นั้นย่อมไปถึงสถานอันสูงสุด ที่ซึ่งพระมหาอีศวร (ศิวะ) ประทับอยู่
Sūta (deduced from Māhātmya narration style within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A diverse set of pilgrims—householders and ascetics—offer worship to the same Śaiva forms; above, a vision of Śiva’s supreme abode (Śiva-loka/Kailāsa-like) indicates the promised destination.
FAQs
Faithful worship of Śiva’s manifested forms leads the devotee toward the highest spiritual destination associated with Maheśvara.
The verse is within a Tīrthamāhātmya passage of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the snippet itself emphasizes Maheśvara’s supreme abode rather than naming a single tirtha explicitly.
Ārādhana (devotional worship/propitiation) performed with śraddhā (faith).