Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
एवमुक्त्वा सुविस्तीर्णां शिलां तामा सनोद्भवाम् । प्रचिक्षेप धरापृष्ठं समुद्दिश्य पितामहः
evamuktvā suvistīrṇāṃ śilāṃ tāmā sanodbhavām | pracikṣepa dharāpṛṣṭhaṃ samuddiśya pitāmahaḥ
Ayant ainsi parlé, Pitāmaha (Brahmā) lança vers la surface de la terre cette pierre vaste et bien étendue—née de Sanā—la visant vers le lieu qui lui était destiné.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, likely Sūta) describing Brahmā’s action (deduced)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brahmā, four-faced, poised in a cosmic gesture, hurling a vast, flat stone through the sky toward earth; below, the landscape awaits consecration—rivers, plains, and a nascent shrine-site.
FAQs
Holy places are portrayed as intentionally established through divine will, making pilgrimage participation a response to a sacred foundation.
The foundation act that leads to the sanctification of the Camatkārapura-kṣetra described immediately afterward in this adhyāya.
No direct rite is prescribed here; it narrates the founding act (the casting of the śilā) that creates the locus for later observances.