Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11
सप्ताहाद्वर्षमध्याद्वा त्रिवर्षाद्भस्मतां व्रजेत् । प्रतिज्ञाता स्थानरक्षा यदि वो नारदाग्रतः
saptāhādvarṣamadhyādvā trivarṣādbhasmatāṃ vrajet | pratijñātā sthānarakṣā yadi vo nāradāgrataḥ
ഒരു ആഴ്ചയ്ക്കുള്ളിലോ, അർദ്ധവത്സരത്തിനുള്ളിലോ, മൂന്നു വർഷത്തിനുള്ളിലോ അവൻ ഭസ്മമാകും—നാരദന്റെ സന്നിധിയിൽ നിങ്ങൾ ആ പുണ്യസ്ഥാനത്തിന്റെ രക്ഷ പ്രതിജ്ഞ ചെയ്തിട്ടുണ്ടെങ്കിൽ।
Unspecified narrator (contextual, addressing the divine guarantors and/or custodians)
Tirtha: Tripuruṣa-śālā precinct (protected sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A solemn declaration: because the guardians vowed to protect the sacred station before Nārada, the offender will be reduced to ashes—within a week, half a year, or three years.
FAQs
A vowed protection of sacred space is not symbolic; it carries enforceable spiritual consequence against persistent wrongdoing.
The verse speaks generally of “sthāna” (holy station) and its vowed protection; the exact tīrtha is not named here.
Invoking the force of a prior vow (pratijñā) of sthānarakṣā made before Nārada as the basis for punitive efficacy.