Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 75
पुत्रेण सहितः पश्चादाराधय दिवानिशम् । वयमेव त्वया सार्धं तं च देवं पितामहम्
putreṇa sahitaḥ paścādārādhaya divāniśam | vayameva tvayā sārdhaṃ taṃ ca devaṃ pitāmaham
“Rồi sau đó, cùng với con trai mình, hãy thờ phụng Ngài ngày đêm. Chúng tôi cũng sẽ cùng với ngài mà phụng thờ vị thần ấy—Pitāmaha.”
Ṛṣis (the sages)
Tirtha: Bālasakhya-tīrtha (implied)
Type: ghat
Listener: The addressed dvija/householder (implied)
Scene: A parent and child stand before a newly established Brahmā shrine at the tīrtha; accompanying dvijas pledge to worship alongside them day and night, lamps burning continuously.
FAQs
Devotion is sustained and communal—family and sages together uphold worship that sanctifies a place.
The Pitāmaha tīrtha being established in this Nāgarakhaṇḍa episode, where ongoing worship is to be maintained.
Divāniśam ārādhana—regular, continual worship of Pitāmaha, performed jointly with the child.