Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 47
तस्यानंतं भवेत्पुण्यं रथं यश्च प्रपूजयेत् । रथयात्रां च कुरुते यस्मिन्यस्मिन्नसौ पथि
tasyānaṃtaṃ bhavetpuṇyaṃ rathaṃ yaśca prapūjayet | rathayātrāṃ ca kurute yasminyasminnasau pathi
جو اس رتھ کی شاستری طریقے سے پوجا کرے، اس کے لیے اَننت پُنّیہ ہوتا ہے؛ اور جو اسی راہ پر، جس پر وہ چلتا ہے، رتھ یاترا کراتا ہے۔
Narrator
Tirtha: Bhaṭṭāditya ratha-yātrā (at the Siddheśa–kuṇḍa complex)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A grand chariot (ratha) of the deity is worshipped; devotees conduct the ratha-yātrā along its route, with offerings, banners, and orderly crowds.
FAQs
Devotion expressed through communal festival worship (ratha-pūjā and rathayātrā) yields inexhaustible spiritual merit.
The verse emphasizes the sacred chariot-festival connected to Bhaṭṭāditya’s worship context, rather than naming a separate tīrtha.
Worship of the ratha and performance of the rathayātrā along its procession route.