Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 114
स चिंतयित्वेति बहुप्रकारं देशांश्च ग्रामान्नगराणि चाश्रमान् । बहूनहं पर्यटन्नाप्तवान्हि स्थानं हितं स्थापये यत्र विप्रान्
sa ciṃtayitveti bahuprakāraṃ deśāṃśca grāmānnagarāṇi cāśramān | bahūnahaṃ paryaṭannāptavānhi sthānaṃ hitaṃ sthāpaye yatra viprān
അവൻ പലവിധമായി ചിന്തിച്ച് ദേശങ്ങൾ, ഗ്രാമങ്ങൾ, നഗരങ്ങൾ, ആശ്രമങ്ങൾ എന്നിവ നിരീക്ഷിച്ച് ഏറെ സഞ്ചരിച്ചു; എങ്കിലും ബ്രാഹ്മണരെ സ്ഥാപിക്കാവുന്ന യഥാർത്ഥ ഹിതകരമായ സ്ഥലം കണ്ടെത്തിയില്ല।
Unspecified (context suggests a narrator/character continuing into Sūta’s narration in Adhyāya 3)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A long journey montage: the seeker walking past village gates, city walls, forest hermitages; dusk-to-dawn travel; finally pausing with a weary yet resolute expression, indicating the difficulty of finding the ideal place.
FAQs
Dharmic settlement requires discernment: not every place is spiritually “hita”; sacred suitability is central to sustaining brāhmaṇical and āśrama-dharma.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it sets up the later identification of a truly beneficial sacred locale.
None explicitly; the focus is on seeking an auspicious place for establishing vipras, a prerequisite for sustained yajña, study, and dharma.