Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45
ब्राह्मणा ऊचुः । एतत्स्वल्पतरं क्षेत्रं सर्वेषामपि भूभुजाम् । प्रासादैः सर्वतो व्याप्तं तत्किं ब्रूमोऽधुना वयम्
brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ | etatsvalpataraṃ kṣetraṃ sarveṣāmapi bhūbhujām | prāsādaiḥ sarvato vyāptaṃ tatkiṃ brūmo'dhunā vayam
Die Brahmanen sprachen: „Dieses heilige Kṣetra ist für alle Könige zu klein. Es ist ringsum bereits von Tempeln erfüllt—was sollen wir nun noch sagen?“
Brāhmaṇas (addressing the assembled kings)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brāhmaṇas speak with respectful urgency, gesturing to a compact sacred precinct already ringed with temples, indicating spatial constraint amid abundance of sanctity.
FAQs
A tīrtha is revered not only for size but for sanctity; devotion naturally multiplies shrines until the sacred space itself becomes ‘full’ of merit-bearing worship.
The passage sits in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya section.
No direct rite is prescribed here; the focus is on the practical constraint of building many temples within a limited kṣetra.