Vamana Purana — Shukra's Curse on King Danda, Shloka 16
Shukra’s Curse on King Danda and Andhaka’s Challenge to Shiva
बाढमाह ऋषिश्रेष्ठस्ततो नत्वा महेश्वरम् गते ते ऋषिणा सार्द्धू पुष्करारण्यमादरात्
bāḍhamāha ṛṣiśreṣṭhastato natvā maheśvaram gate te ṛṣiṇā sārddhū puṣkarāraṇyamādarāt
于是诸仙之最胜者答道：“如是。”随后他们礼拜大自在天（摩诃伊湿伐罗，即湿婆），与那位圣仙一同启程，怀着恭敬前往普什迦罗森林（Puṣkarāraṇya）。
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FAQs
The verse frames pilgrimage as beginning with deity-vandana (obeisance). Even when the destination is a tīrtha, the journey is ritually ‘authorized’ by honoring a presiding deity—here Śiva—signaling the Purāṇic norm of integrating devotion with sacred geography.
In tīrtha literature, “araṇya” marks a sanctified ecological zone—woodland, hermitages, and ritual sites—forming a pilgrimage micro-region around Puṣkara rather than a single point-location.
Not necessarily. The act of bowing to Śiva functions as a conventional auspicious preface; Puṣkara traditions are often multi-deity, and the chapter’s emphasis is on tīrtha-mahimā rather than exclusive sectarian identity.