Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
कस्त्वं पापेह संप्राप्तो मुनीनामाश्रमोत्तमे । वेदध्वनिसमाकीर्णे साधूनामपि दुर्लभे
kastvaṃ pāpeha saṃprāpto munīnāmāśramottame | vedadhvanisamākīrṇe sādhūnāmapi durlabhe
„Wer bist du, Sünder, der du hierher gelangt bist, in die vortrefflichste Einsiedelei der Munis, erfüllt vom Klang der Veden, einen Ort, den selbst die Frommen nur schwer erlangen?“
Ascetics/sages of the āśrama (collective address)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Inside the hermitage, sages chant; outside, a gatekeeper-like figure confronts the dust-covered stranger, gesturing toward the Vedic reciters as proof of the place’s sanctity.
FAQs
Holy places and āśramas are portrayed as spiritually charged; entry is linked to purity of conduct and intention.
The glorification is of a Veda-resounding muni-āśrama within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting; the verse emphasizes the sanctity of the locale.
None directly; the verse implies a dhārmic prerequisite—purity and worthiness—rather than a rite like snāna or dāna.