Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
तीर्थं चैव सदाप्यऽत्र समागच्छतु चांबरात् । लोकानां पापनाशाय तथा त्वं कर्तुमर्हसि
tīrthaṃ caiva sadāpya'tra samāgacchatu cāṃbarāt | lokānāṃ pāpanāśāya tathā tvaṃ kartumarhasi
«Et que ce tīrtha vienne ici à jamais, même depuis les cieux ; pour l’anéantissement des péchés des hommes, il te sied d’accomplir cela.»
Brāhmaṇas (continuing address to Brahmā as prapitāmaha/vibhu)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrtha (invoked/descending tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijottamas / sages (implied)
Scene: A supplicant addresses a deity, requesting that a celestial tīrtha descend and remain, radiating purifying light over gathered people.
FAQs
A tīrtha is portrayed as a channel of heavenly purity whose purpose is universal welfare—especially the removal of sin.
The verse praises ‘this tīrtha’ in the narrative setting; the specific name is not given in the excerpted line.
Not a specific rite, but an invocation: that the tīrtha’s sanctifying presence be continually established here for the benefit of all.