Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 76
मुच्यंते मानवास्तद्वच्छतानंदेश्वरादपि । तस्मिन्दिने विहितया ताभ्यां चैव प्रपूजया
mucyaṃte mānavāstadvacchatānaṃdeśvarādapi | tasmindine vihitayā tābhyāṃ caiva prapūjayā
“اسی طرح، اسی دن مقررہ وِدھی کے مطابق اُن دونوں کی باقاعدہ پوجا کرنے سے، لوگ شتانندیشور کے ذریعے بھی مُکتی (نجات) پاتے ہیں۔”
Gautama (continuation)
Tirtha: Śatānandeśvara (with paired worship alongside the other deity)
Type: kshetra
Listener: (contextual) king/pilgrims
Scene: Pilgrims complete a two-shrine circuit: first at Hāṭakeśvara, then at Śatānandeśvara; priests perform abhiṣeka and ārati; the atmosphere is calm, promising liberation.
FAQs
Properly performed worship at a sanctified time can become a means to liberation, not merely worldly merit.
The tīrtha-region honoring Hāṭakeśvara together with Śatānandeśvara, both praised as liberating.
A prescribed (vihita) special worship (prapūjā) of both deities on “that day” mentioned in the surrounding context.