Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47
नगरात्सर्वतः पुण्यो देशो नग्नहरः स्मृतः । अष्टयोजनविस्तीर्ण आयामव्यासतस्तथा
nagarātsarvataḥ puṇyo deśo nagnaharaḥ smṛtaḥ | aṣṭayojanavistīrṇa āyāmavyāsatastathā
De tous côtés de la cité s’étend une contrée sacrée, tenue en mémoire sous le nom de « Nagnahara ». En longueur comme en largeur, elle mesure huit yojanas.
Śiva
Tirtha: Nagnahara (puṇya-deśa around Uṇṇata)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas
Scene: Śiva describes a ring of sacred land around the city, labeled Nagnahara, shown as a broad mandala-like expanse measured in yojanas.
FAQs
Sacredness is mapped onto geography—knowing a kṣetra’s boundaries is part of honoring its māhātmya.
Nagnahara-deśa, the holy region encircling the city within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
No explicit rite; the verse provides a tīrtha-region’s spatial measure (eight yojanas).