Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
सलिलेन विना यस्मान्न क्रिया संप्रवर्तते । तस्मादत्र मया कार्यः शुचितोयो महाह्रदः
salilena vinā yasmānna kriyā saṃpravartate | tasmādatra mayā kāryaḥ śucitoyo mahāhradaḥ
জল নাথাকিলে কোনো ধৰ্মক্ৰিয়া চলিব নোৱাৰে; সেয়ে ইয়াত মই শুচি জলেৰে পূৰ্ণ এক মহাহ্ৰদ সৃষ্টি কৰিম।
Lokeśa (as the immediately acting divine agent in the narrative) (deduced)
Tirtha: Śucitoya Mahāhrada (to be created at Camatkārapura)
Type: kund
Scene: Lokeśa declares the necessity of water and resolves to create a vast, crystal-clear lake within the kṣetra; the ground seems to open to receive pure waters.
FAQs
Sacred practice requires practical supports; pure water is essential for purification, offerings, and the continuity of dhārmic rites.
Camatkārapura-kṣetra, where a pure-water great lake is to be established to sustain tīrtha-rituals.
The enabling condition for rites is stated: water is indispensable; hence the creation/availability of pure water for ritual performance (snāna, ācamana, offerings).