Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
अथ सा भ्रममाणाऽत्र क्षेत्रे प्राप्ता तृषार्दिता । मध्यंदिनगतेसूर्ये ज्येष्ठमासे सुदारुणे
atha sā bhramamāṇā'tra kṣetre prāptā tṛṣārditā | madhyaṃdinagatesūrye jyeṣṭhamāse sudāruṇe
Dann, umherirrend, gelangte sie in dieses heilige Gebiet, von Durst gepeinigt—als die Sonne zur Mittagszeit im Zenit stand, im grausam glühenden Monat Jyeṣṭha.
Narrator (Sūta, by continuity)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages in the Purāṇic frame
Scene: A parched landscape under a blazing zenith sun; the woman staggers with thirst at the edge of a sacred boundary—trees sparse, heat haze visible, the kṣetra hinted by a distant shrine or sacred marker.
FAQs
The Purāṇas often show that even in extreme hardship, arrival at a kṣetra becomes the turning point where compassion and merit manifest.
The verse says “this kṣetra” within Adhyāya 62’s Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative.
None; it sets the scene (time/season) for the forthcoming act of dharma.