Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74
तावत्स्नेहपरो मर्त्यस्तावद्वदति कोमलम् । चमत्कारोद्भवं क्षेत्रं यावन्न स्पृशतेंऽघ्रिभिः
tāvatsnehaparo martyastāvadvadati komalam | camatkārodbhavaṃ kṣetraṃ yāvanna spṛśateṃ'ghribhiḥ
মানুষ ততক্ষণ স্নেহপরায়ণ থাকে এবং কোমল কথা বলে, যতক্ষণ না সে এই আশ্চর্যোদ্ভূত ক্ষেত্রকে পায়ে স্পর্শ করে।
Unspecified (continuation of the same narration to Lakṣmaṇa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Lakṣmaṇa
Scene: A pilgrim at the very edge of the sacred land: one foot lifted, about to touch; behind him affectionate conversation, ahead a subtle atmospheric shift; the teacher narrates the moment when gentleness ends upon contact.
FAQs
The Purāṇic worldview treats sacred space as spiritually potent—capable of altering temperament—thus requiring conscious discipline and purification.
A miraculous pañcakrośa-kṣetra within Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Adhyāya 20; the verse highlights its extraordinary nature rather than naming it.
None here; the verse motivates the need for corrective tīrtha practices that follow.