Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22
पश्यतिस्म तथात्मानं महीतलमुपागतम् । कांपिल्यनगरे भूयः पप्रच्छात्मानमात्मना
paśyatisma tathātmānaṃ mahītalamupāgatam | kāṃpilyanagare bhūyaḥ papracchātmānamātmanā
तब उसने अपने ही को पृथ्वी पर उतरा हुआ देखा। फिर कापिल्य नगर में पहुँचकर उसने अपने मन में ही अपने विषय में प्रश्न किया।
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)
Scene: A solitary king, newly ‘arrived’ on earth, stands at the threshold of Kāmpilya; the city appears familiar yet estranged. He pauses, eyes inward, as if seeing his own self descend and questioning his identity in the mind.
FAQs
It highlights self-inquiry when confronted with change—an invitation to discern what remains true amid time’s transformations.
Kāmpilya is mentioned as a geographical setting; this verse itself does not explicitly proclaim a tīrtha-phala.
None; it is narrative context.