Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
तथा ते लिंगिनो दान्ताः सिद्धिकामाः समंततः । समाश्रयंति तत्क्षेत्रं सवर्तीर्थसमा श्रयम्
tathā te liṃgino dāntāḥ siddhikāmāḥ samaṃtataḥ | samāśrayaṃti tatkṣetraṃ savartīrthasamā śrayam
ដូច្នេះដែរ អ្នកតបសមានសញ្ញានៃការលះបង់ មានវិន័យ និងចង់បានសិទ្ធិ ពីគ្រប់ទិសបានមកប្រមូលផ្តុំ ហើយពឹងពាក់លើក្សេត្រនោះ—ជាទីស្នាក់ស្មើនឹងទីរថទាំងអស់។
Sūta
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijottamāḥ (addressed audience: best of twice-born)
Scene: A sacred field with a central shrine; disciplined ascetics (liṅgins) arrive from the four directions, carrying kamaṇḍalu and daṇḍa, taking shelter near the kṣetra’s precincts under banyan and aśvattha trees.
FAQs
Self-control and disciplined practice flourish in a charged sacred landscape; the kṣetra supports higher spiritual aims.
That renowned kṣetra (connected with Hāṭakeśvara) is praised as a refuge whose merit equals that of all tīrthas.
No single ritual is prescribed; the verse emphasizes renunciant discipline (dama) and the pursuit of siddhi through residence in the kṣetra.