Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 59
सूत्रेण वेष्टयेत्क्षेत्रमथवा शिवमन्दिरम् । अथवा शिवलिङ्गं च तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु
sūtreṇa veṣṭayetkṣetramathavā śivamandiram | athavā śivaliṅgaṃ ca tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu
បើអ្នកណាម្នាក់យកខ្សែសូត្រវង់ព័ទ្ធក្សេត្របរិសុទ្ធ ឬវិហារព្រះសិវៈ ឬសូម្បីតែសិវលិង្គ នោះសូមស្តាប់ផលបុណ្យដ៏មានកុសលដែលកើតពីកិច្ចនោះ។
Unknown (context suggests a Purāṇic narrator addressing a king)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (addressed as rājendra)
Scene: A devotee gently wraps a white thread around a small Śiva-liṅga shrine or around the perimeter markers of a kṣetra; the narrator points, indicating ‘hear the fruit’.
FAQs
Physical acts that mark reverence for sacred space—done with devotion—generate significant puṇya in a tīrtha.
A Śaiva sacred precinct in the Revā-khaṇḍa, centered on a Śiva temple and liṅga.
Sūtra-veṣṭana: encircling the kṣetra/Śiva-temple/Śiva-liṅga with a thread as a devotional observance.
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