Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48
अत्राभवन्महाक्षेत्रं पुण्यं पापप्रणाशनम् । विधिविष्णुमयं चैतद्भवत्वेतन्न संशयः
atrābhavanmahākṣetraṃ puṇyaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam | vidhiviṣṇumayaṃ caitadbhavatvetanna saṃśayaḥ
“ইয়াত এক মহাক্ষেত্ৰ উদ্ভৱ হওক—পবিত্ৰ, পাপনাশক। এই স্থান বিধি (ব্ৰহ্মা) আৰু বিষ্ণু উভয়েৰে ময় হওক; ইয়াত কোনো সন্দেহ নাই।”
Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇyaka Mahākṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sacred landscape transforms: a forest clearing becomes luminous, marked by divine signs (lotuses, rays, auspicious symbols). Brahmā and Viṣṇu’s presences are shown as overlapping halos or twin manifestations blessing the ground.
FAQs
A place becomes a mahākṣetra by divine sanction, and such sanctified geography is described as inherently sin-destroying.
Dharmāraṇya is proclaimed as a mahākṣetra—holy and pāpa-praṇāśana (sin-destroying).
No specific rite is stated; the verse establishes the site’s inherent sanctity and merit.