Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55
सूत उवाच । श्वेतद्वीपः समानीतो विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना । तत्क्षेत्रे कलिभीतेन यथा शौक्ल्यं न संत्यजेत्
sūta uvāca | śvetadvīpaḥ samānīto viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā | tatkṣetre kalibhītena yathā śauklyaṃ na saṃtyajet
スータは語った。「全能の主ヴィシュヌによって、シュヴェータド्वीパはここへ運ばれた。カリの恐れゆえに、その聖域において白さ（清浄）を捨て去らぬためである。」
Sūta
Tirtha: Śuklatīrtha (Śvetadvīpa-established zone)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: Viṣṇu, radiant and all-powerful, mystically transporting or manifesting Śvetadvīpa into a terrestrial sacred region; the landscape turns luminous white; Kali’s shadow recedes at the boundary.
FAQs
Divine power safeguards sacred purity against the corrupting influence of Kali-yuga.
Śuklatīrtha is explained through the motif of Śvetadvīpa’s preserved ‘whiteness’ (śauklya).
None directly; it provides the mythic foundation for the tīrtha’s sanctity.