Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73
एकतः सर्वतीर्थानि सर्वदानानि चैकतः । एकतस्तु वृषोत्सर्गः कार्तिक्यां पुष्करेषु च
ekataḥ sarvatīrthāni sarvadānāni caikataḥ | ekatastu vṛṣotsargaḥ kārtikyāṃ puṣkareṣu ca
ฝ่ายหนึ่งคือสรรพตีรถะทั้งปวง และฝ่ายหนึ่งคือทานทั้งปวง; แต่อีกฝ่ายหนึ่งคือวฤโษตสรรคะเพียงประการเดียว เมื่อทำ ณ ปุษกรในเดือนการ์ตติกะ ย่อมมีอานุภาพยิ่งกว่า
Sūta
Tirtha: Puṣkara (Kārttika vṛṣotsarga)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A symbolic balance scale: on one pan are icons of many tīrthas and heaps of gifts; on the other pan stands a single released bull at Puṣkara in Kārttika, tipping the scale—illustrating the verse’s superlative claim.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma emphasizes that a single, well-situated act (right place and time) can outweigh vast accumulations of general pilgrimage and charity.
Puṣkara—especially during Kārttika—is exalted as the setting where vṛṣotsarga becomes supremely meritorious.
Perform vṛṣotsarga (dedication/release of a bull) specifically in the month of Kārttika at Puṣkara.