# पुष्करम् (puṣkaram)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/pushkaram

पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) is a Sanskrit word meaning a sacred pilgrimage place.

- **SLP1:** `puzkaram`  **IAST:** puṣkaram  **Devanagari:** पुष्करम्
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushkaram
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/pushkaram/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** पुष्करं (puṣkaraṃ)

## Meanings by context

### Other (1 definition)
- A sacred pilgrimage place.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) [Printed book page 2-364 ] Puṣkaram — a place sacred to Hari. Sages of Puṣkara visited Dvārakā; 1 sacred to Indra and Pitṛs in the Tretā- yuga; 2 a tīrtha; here was Adhisāmakṛṣṇa's sacrifice for three years; 3 here Kaśyapa performed the Aśvamedha; 4 fit for śrāddha. 5 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. VII. 14. 30; X. 90. 28[3]; XII. 12. 60.] [ Footnote: 2) M. 13. 30; 22. 62; 106. 57; 109. 3; 110. 1; 180. 55; 184. 16; 192. 11.] [ Footnote: 3) Ib. 50. 67.] [ Footnote: 4) Vā. 67. 53; Vi. VI. 8. 29.] [ Footnote: 5) Vā. 77. 40; 106. 69.] [ ID=8144 ]

## Sources

Definitions from The Purana Index.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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