Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
ततः क्षेमं समुत्पन्नं क्षेत्रे तत्र द्विजोत्तमाः । अन्येषामपि लोकानां लिंगैस्तैर्लुप्तिमागतैः
tataḥ kṣemaṃ samutpannaṃ kṣetre tatra dvijottamāḥ | anyeṣāmapi lokānāṃ liṃgaistairluptimāgataiḥ
ثمّ، يا أفضلَ البراهمة، نشأ الأمنُ والهناءُ في ذلك الحقل المقدّس؛ أمّا في العوالم الأخرى فإن تلك اللِّينغا نفسها، إذ غابت عن الأبصار، أورثت شعورًا بالفقد.
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijottamāḥ
Scene: A luminous sacred field begins to regain harmony; within it, subtle liṅga-forms are sensed/preserved, while in distant realms figures mourn empty pedestals where liṅgas have vanished.
FAQs
Divine presence concentrated in a kṣetra brings protection and auspiciousness; neglect or displacement leads to spiritual diminishment elsewhere.
The unnamed kṣetra of liṅga-manifestation central to Adhyāya 105 in Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
No explicit rite; the verse frames the kṣetra as a locus of kṣema (auspicious welfare) associated with liṅgas.