Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 84
तत्र सर्वं शिवक्षेत्राच्छरपातं समन्ततः । न संचरेद्भयोद्विग्ना ब्रह्महत्या नराधिप
tatra sarvaṃ śivakṣetrāccharapātaṃ samantataḥ | na saṃcaredbhayodvignā brahmahatyā narādhipa
Là, tout autour du kṣetra de Śiva, à la portée d’un trait de flèche de chaque côté, le péché de brahmahatyā, saisi d’effroi, ne circule pas, ô roi.
Mārkaṇḍeya (to the king)
Tirtha: Śiva-kṣetra on Revā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (narādhipa)
Scene: A sacred precinct around a Śiva shrine by the river; a dark, personified Brahmahatyā figure recoils at the boundary marked by an ‘arrow-shot’ circle, while pilgrims enter fearlessly.
FAQs
A consecrated Śiva-kṣetra is portrayed as so spiritually potent that even grave sin cannot remain within its protective sacred radius.
A Śivakṣetra connected with the Māṇḍavya-tīrtha narrative in Revā-khaṇḍa (Narmadā sacred geography).
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse describes the protective sanctity (kṣetra-māhātmya) of the Śiva precinct.