Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 50
ग्रहाः सर्वे सनक्षत्रा वसवोऽष्टौ ध्रुवा दयः । अंतरिक्षचराः सर्वे ये चान्ये नगवासिनः
grahāḥ sarve sanakṣatrā vasavo'ṣṭau dhruvā dayaḥ | aṃtarikṣacarāḥ sarve ye cānye nagavāsinaḥ
Alle Grahas kamen samt den Nakṣatras; die acht Vasus und auch die Dhruvas, die Standhaften. Es versammelten sich alle, die den Luftraum durchwandern, und ebenso andere, die in den Bergen wohnen.
Sūta
Tirtha: (implied) pāpanīṣūdana-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmic tableau: planets and constellations personified in the sky; the eight Vasus stand like elemental pillars; Dhruva shines steady above; aerial beings traverse mid-space; mountain-dwellers arrive from peaks—everything aligns toward the sacred field.
FAQs
A supreme tīrtha is portrayed as cosmically central—its holiness resonates through heaven, mid-air, and earth, making dharma a universal principle.
Dharmāraṇya is the implied locus of this all-encompassing gathering.
No ritual prescription is stated; the verse magnifies the kṣetra’s greatness through a universal assembly motif.