Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा स राजा नहुषात्मजः । चमत्कारपुरे क्षेत्रे भार्याभ्यां सहितो ययौ
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sa rājā nahuṣātmajaḥ | camatkārapure kṣetre bhāryābhyāṃ sahito yayau
તે વચન સાંભળી નહુષપુત્ર તે રાજા, પોતાની બે રાણીઓ સાથે, ચમત્કારપુરના પવિત્ર ક્ષેત્રે ગયો।
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Tirtha: Camatkārapura
Type: kshetra
Scene: A king of Nahuṣa’s lineage sets out for Camatkārapura with two queens; a procession moves toward a sacred landscape with banners, offerings, and attendants.
FAQs
Obedience to wise instruction and timely pilgrimage to a kṣetra are presented as the proper royal response in dharma-oriented narratives.
Camatkārapura-kṣetra is named as the sacred destination in this episode.
The implied prescription is pilgrimage (yātrā) to the kṣetra; the detailed rite follows in subsequent verses.
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