Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7
भैरवं चैव केदारं तथा रुद्रं महालयम् । नन्दाह्रदश्चतुर्थः स्यात्पञ्चमं भुवि दुर्लभम्
bhairavaṃ caiva kedāraṃ tathā rudraṃ mahālayam | nandāhradaścaturthaḥ syātpañcamaṃ bhuvi durlabham
بھیرَو، کیدار، رودر اور مہالیہ—یہ سب برگزیدہ تیرتھ کہے گئے ہیں۔ ننداہرد کو چوتھا بتایا گیا ہے، اور پانچواں اس دھرتی پر پانا دشوار ہے۔
Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual, continuing discourse in Reva Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Nandā-hrada (ranked fourth among a set)
Type: kund
Scene: A sage enumerates five supreme holy places on a palm-leaf map; four are shown as emblematic icons—Bhairava shrine, Kedāra linga, Rudra altar, Mahālaya cremation-ground sanctum—while Nandā-hrada appears as a luminous lake; the mysterious ‘fifth’ is veiled in mist.
FAQs
True pilgrimage is recognizing rare and potent tīrthas whose sanctity is praised by the Purāṇas.
Nandā-hrada is highlighted among a set of eminent Śaiva tīrthas connected with the Reva (Narmadā) region.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse primarily enumerates and ranks tīrthas.