Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46
ततस्तत्पतितं तत्र पुण्यं ज्ञात्वा महीतले । यत्र स्थानेऽपतत्पूर्वं तस्मादुच्चलितं पुनः
tatastatpatitaṃ tatra puṇyaṃ jñātvā mahītale | yatra sthāne'patatpūrvaṃ tasmāduccalitaṃ punaḥ
Alors, ayant reconnu la sainteté du lieu sur la terre où cela était tombé, cela s’éleva de nouveau du même endroit où jadis cela était descendu.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) [deduced]
Type: kshetra
Scene: A luminous object or presence rises from the very spot where it had fallen; sages look on in astonished stillness; the earth-point glows, marking it as a consecrated bindu.
FAQs
Puṇya is not abstract alone in Purāṇic thought—it becomes visible in sacred geography, marking places where divine events ‘touch’ the earth.
The verse contributes to the origin-story of features within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.
No direct rite is prescribed here; the focus is on the sacralization of a location through a divine descent and re-ascent.