Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 1
शौनक उवाच । सूत श्रुता पुरास्माभिरुत्पत्तिर्गणपस्य च । क्षेत्रनाथः कथं जज्ञे वदैतच्छृण्वतां हि नः
śaunaka uvāca | sūta śrutā purāsmābhirutpattirgaṇapasya ca | kṣetranāthaḥ kathaṃ jajñe vadaitacchṛṇvatāṃ hi naḥ
ശൗനകൻ പറഞ്ഞു— ഹേ സൂതാ! ഞങ്ങൾ മുമ്പ് ഗണപതിയുടെ ഉദ്ഭവം കേട്ടിട്ടുണ്ട്; ഇപ്പോൾ ക്ഷേത്രനാഥൻ എങ്ങനെ ജനിച്ചു? കേൾക്കുന്ന ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് അത് പറയുക।
Śaunaka
Tirtha: Kṣetranātha (as kṣetra-presiding lord)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka
Scene: In Naimiṣāraṇya, Śaunaka respectfully questions Sūta; sages sit in a circle, sacrificial fire in the center, the topic shifts from Gaṇeśa’s birth to the origin of Kṣetranātha.
FAQs
Sacred places (kṣetras) are protected by presiding divinities; knowing their origin strengthens reverence and right conduct within a holy domain.
No single tīrtha is specified in this verse; the focus is on the concept of a kṣetra and its guardian lord (Kṣetranātha).
None; it is a question initiating the narrative.