Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
यतोऽत्र जायते श्रेयः पुनः पुंसां प्रकीर्तय । यैरेतैः स्थापिता देवाः क्षेत्रेऽस्मिन्मानवोत्तमैः
yato'tra jāyate śreyaḥ punaḥ puṃsāṃ prakīrtaya | yairetaiḥ sthāpitā devāḥ kṣetre'sminmānavottamaiḥ
«Proclame encore comment, en ce lieu, le bien suprême naît pour les hommes ; et par quels hommes d’exception ces divinités furent établies dans ce kṣetra sacré.»
Sages (ṛṣayaḥ)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Listeners urge the narrator to restate how supreme welfare arises here and which noble men installed the deities; background shows multiple small shrines/altars within a sacred precinct.
FAQs
A tīrtha is understood through both its spiritual fruit (śreyas) and its founding dharma—who established the deities and why.
A particular kṣetra within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 271); the verse frames the inquiry before the narrative specifies it.
Deity establishment/installation (sthāpana/pratiṣṭhā) is referenced as the sanctifying act, though no procedural details are given here.