Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
कल्पांतेऽपि न नाशः स्यादस्य क्षेत्रस्य कर्हिचित् । प्रासादोऽपि तथाप्येवमत्र क्षेत्रे भविष्यति
kalpāṃte'pi na nāśaḥ syādasya kṣetrasya karhicit | prāsādo'pi tathāpyevamatra kṣetre bhaviṣyati
“Even at the end of an aeon, the destruction of this sacred region shall never occur. And likewise, this temple too shall endure here in this kṣetra.”
Purāṇic narrator quoting Pāṇḍu-nandana (Arjuna) in vow-like resolve
Tirtha: Akṣaya Cakrapāṇi-kṣetra (as characterized here)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A visionary proclamation: the kṣetra and its prāsāda stand untouched while cosmic dissolution imagery looms in the distance—waves, fire, and darkness halted at the sacred boundary.
FAQs
A true kṣetra is portrayed as cosmically protected; devotion anchors sacred geography beyond ordinary time.
The Nāgarakhaṇḍa kṣetra associated with Arjuneśvara and the Cakrapāṇi prāsāda, praised as enduring even through cosmic cycles.
No new rite; it is a kṣetra-prāśasti declaration of permanence, supporting continued worship and pilgrimage.
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