Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
यावद्घर्मश्च वर्षा च तावत्तत्र वसेत्प्रभुः । शीतकाले पुनश्चात्र क्षेत्रे संतिष्ठते सदा
yāvadgharmaśca varṣā ca tāvattatra vasetprabhuḥ | śītakāle punaścātra kṣetre saṃtiṣṭhate sadā
So long as the hot season and the rainy season endure, the Lord dwells there; and when winter comes, He again remains ever established here, in this sacred kṣetra.
Sūta (contextual narrator in Tīrthamāhātmya passages)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijāḥ / Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: Sūta explains the Lord’s seasonal dwelling: heat and rains on the mountain, winter in the kṣetra—visualized as a sacred map with three seasonal panels.
FAQs
A true tīrtha is not seasonal or temporary—the Lord’s presence sanctifies the kṣetra continually, inspiring steady pilgrimage and devotion.
The verse praises ‘this kṣetra’ within the Adhyāya’s tīrthamāhātmya context; the wider passage soon frames the narrative around Gaṅgādvāra (Haridwar region).
No explicit rite is prescribed here; it emphasizes the doctrine of perpetual divine residence, which supports year-round pilgrimage, worship, and vrata-observance.
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