Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2
इत्यब्रवीः पुरास्माकमतः पृच्छाम किंचन । देवीपुरं हि तत्कुत्र यदन्तं चक्रतीर्थकम्
ityabravīḥ purāsmākamataḥ pṛcchāma kiṃcana | devīpuraṃ hi tatkutra yadantaṃ cakratīrthakam
നീ മുമ്പ് ഞങ്ങളോട് ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞിരുന്നു; അതുകൊണ്ട് ഞങ്ങൾ ചോദിക്കുന്നു—ചക്രതീർത്ഥം അവസാനിക്കുന്ന ആ ദേവീപുരം എവിടെയാണ്?
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Devīpura / Devīpattana (terminus of Cakratīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: Sages gesture toward a drawn diagram on the ground (sand-map) showing a coastline and a marked endpoint labeled Devīpura; Sūta listens, poised to answer.
FAQs
Tīrtha-māhātmya joins devotion with precise sacred geography—knowing ‘where’ supports ‘how’ to practice pilgrimage correctly.
Devīpura/Devīpattana in relation to Cakratīrtha’s boundary or endpoint.
None; the focus is on locating the sacred site and understanding its extent.