Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
गोवर्धन उवाच । अहमर्चां करिष्यामि लिंगस्यास्य सदा द्विज । भक्तिं च प्रकरिष्यामि हेतोरस्य हेतोरस्य कृते द्विज । पूजार्थं चैव ये चान्ये मम वंशसमुद्रवाः
govardhana uvāca | ahamarcāṃ kariṣyāmi liṃgasyāsya sadā dvija | bhaktiṃ ca prakariṣyāmi hetorasya hetorasya kṛte dvija | pūjārthaṃ caiva ye cānye mama vaṃśasamudravāḥ
戈瓦尔达那说道：“噢婆罗门啊，我将恒常礼拜此林伽；并且我将为此缘故而培育虔敬之心（bhakti），噢婆罗门。又为供养（pūjā）之事，我族中他人亦将一同挺身奉事。”
Govardhana
Type: kshetra
Listener: A brāhmaṇa (dvija)
Scene: Govardhana, hands folded, speaks before a brāhmaṇa near the liṅga shrine; behind him stand members of his lineage ready to assist with pūjā offerings—flowers, lamps, water pots—signaling a hereditary service line.
FAQs
Sthala-māhātmya emphasizes sustained, generational devotion—daily worship and bhakti preserve and transmit sacred merit.
The Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha where the Liṅga (later famed as Kaṃsārīśvara) is to be regularly worshipped.
A vow of continual arcā/pūjā of the Liṅga, coupled with deliberate cultivation of devotion (bhakti).
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