Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 112
पूजितः सर्वलोकैस्त्वं यच्छंस्तेषां वरान्वृतान् । गुप्तक्षेत्रं च न त्याज्यं सर्वक्षेत्रोत्तमोत्तमम्
pūjitaḥ sarvalokaistvaṃ yacchaṃsteṣāṃ varānvṛtān | guptakṣetraṃ ca na tyājyaṃ sarvakṣetrottamottamam
समस्त लोकों द्वारा पूजित होकर तुम याचकों को उनके अभिलषित वर प्रदान करोगे। और गुप्तक्षेत्र को कभी न छोड़ना—वह समस्त तीर्थक्षेत्रों में परम श्रेष्ठ है।
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) conveying the charge given to Barbarīka
Tirtha: Guptakṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A divine guardian/boon-giver is praised by beings of all worlds; the ‘hidden’ sacred field (Guptakṣetra) is shown as luminous yet veiled, with a protective aura and boundary markers.
FAQs
Service to devotees—granting rightful boons—and steadfast guardianship of a sacred place are praised as divine duty.
Guptakṣetra is explicitly praised as the highest among sacred kṣetras.
Implicitly, worship and seeking boons at Guptakṣetra; no specific rite is detailed in this verse.