Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
सूत उवाच । अथान्यापि च तत्रास्ति देशकामप्रदा नृणाम् । अजापालेन भूपेन स्थापिता पापनाशनी
sūta uvāca | athānyāpi ca tatrāsti deśakāmapradā nṛṇām | ajāpālena bhūpena sthāpitā pāpanāśanī
সূত উৱাচ: তাতো আৰু এটা পবিত্ৰ শক্তি আছে, যি মানুহক দেশ-সম্বন্ধীয় ইচ্ছিত বৰ দান কৰে; সেয়া ভূপতি অজাপালে স্থাপন কৰিছিল, আৰু ই পাপনাশিনী।
Sūta
Tirtha: Ajāpāleśvarī (sthāpita śakti)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/śaunaka-ādi (implied purāṇic audience)
Scene: Sūta narrates the presence of another sacred power at the site: a sin-destroying shrine established by King Ajāpāla, with pilgrims approaching in reverence.
FAQs
A tīrtha established in righteousness becomes both wish-fulfilling and sin-destroying, benefiting society across generations.
Ajāpāleśvarī/Ajāpāla-associated sacred shrine or tīrtha in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
No specific rite here; it introduces the shrine’s power (kāmapradā) and its pāpa-nāśana (sin-removing) nature.