Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56
एवं तत्र समासाद्य सिद्धिं मंत्रसमुद्भवाम् । तत्र पीठे ततः कृत्यं साधयेत्स्वेच्छया नरः
evaṃ tatra samāsādya siddhiṃ maṃtrasamudbhavām | tatra pīṭhe tataḥ kṛtyaṃ sādhayetsvecchayā naraḥ
এইভাবে সেখানে মন্ত্রজাত সিদ্ধি লাভ করে, সেই পবিত্র পীঠে মানুষ স্বেচ্ছামতো নিজের কার্য সিদ্ধ করতে পারে।
Unspecified (instructional voice within the narrative)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijottama
Scene: A pilgrim-sādhaka arrives at a marked pīṭha (stone seat or sanctified platform) near a shrine; after successful mantra practice, a subtle aura indicates siddhi, and the person begins a chosen sacred undertaking.
FAQs
When practice is completed in a sanctified place, mantra-siddhi is portrayed as empowering dharmic aims.
A ‘pīṭha’ is praised as the locus of siddhi; the narrative soon identifies it explicitly as Cित्रेश्वर-pīṭha.
Complete mantra-sādhana to attain siddhi, then undertake desired rites/works at the pīṭha.