Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79
यदन्यत्र भवेच्छ्रेयो वत्सरेण तपस्विनाम् । दिनेनैवात्र तत्सम्यग्जायते नात्र संशयः
yadanyatra bhavecchreyo vatsareṇa tapasvinām | dinenaivātra tatsamyagjāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
Toute excellence spirituelle que les ascètes obtiennent ailleurs en une année, ici elle se gagne pleinement en un seul jour ; il n’y a là aucun doute.
Nandinī
Tirtha: Camatkārapura
Type: kshetra
Listener: The king
Scene: A symbolic tableau: a sun’s single arc over Camatkārapura while ascetics’ year-long austerities elsewhere fade in the background; within the kṣetra, a pilgrim completes snāna and darśana in one day, radiance indicating ‘samyak-jāyate’.
FAQs
Holy places can ‘compress’ spiritual effort—tīrtha-grace multiplies the fruit of practice when approached with sincerity.
Camatkārapura-kṣetra is praised as granting in one day the śreyas otherwise achieved in a year elsewhere.
No particular rite is specified; the emphasis is on the extraordinary fruit (phala) of staying/visiting even briefly.