Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
सूत उवाच । मृकण्डाख्यो द्विजश्रेष्ठ आसीद्वेदविदां वरः । चमत्कारपुराभ्याशेवानप्रस्याश्रमे स्थितः
sūta uvāca | mṛkaṇḍākhyo dvijaśreṣṭha āsīdvedavidāṃ varaḥ | camatkārapurābhyāśevānaprasyāśrame sthitaḥ
सूत ने कहा—मृकण्डु नामक एक श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मण थे, वेद-विदों में सर्वोत्तम। वे चमत्कारपुर के निकट वानप्रस्थ-आश्रम में निवास करते थे।
Sūta
Tirtha: Camatkārapura-āśrama region (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas
Scene: Sūta narrates the existence of Mṛkaṇḍu, a foremost Veda-knower, residing near Camatkārapura in a forest hermitage of the vānaprastha stage.
FAQs
True sacred places are sanctified by Vedic learning, austerity, and disciplined life-stages (āśrama-dharma).
The region near Camatkārapura is indicated as the setting; the tīrtha significance unfolds as the narrative continues.
None; the verse establishes the sage’s identity, Vedic authority, and residence in vānaprastha discipline.