Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 168
विश्वामित्र उवाच । ततस्ते ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे तदर्थं स्थानमुत्तमम् । दर्शयामासुः संहृष्टाः प्रोचुश्च तदनंतरम्
viśvāmitra uvāca | tataste brāhmaṇāḥ sarve tadarthaṃ sthānamuttamam | darśayāmāsuḥ saṃhṛṣṭāḥ procuśca tadanaṃtaram
Viśvāmitra sprach: „Da zeigten all jene Brahmanen, voller Freude, den vortrefflichen Ort, der zu jenem Zweck geeignet war, und sogleich danach redeten sie.“
Viśvāmitra
Tirtha: Brahmasthāna (uttama-sthāna within it)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Viśvāmitra narrates: delighted brāhmaṇas lead the deity to an excellent spot and then speak, inaugurating the next instruction.
FAQs
Sacred places are recognized and revealed through dharmic guidance, often mediated by learned Brāhmaṇas.
The narrative stream belongs to the Bālamaṇḍanatīrtha/Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya within Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it frames the selection/showing of the proper place for worship and observance.