Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32
अष्टषष्टिविभागेन भूत्वा रूपैः पृथग्विधैः । अष्टषष्टिषु क्षेत्रेषु तस्य ताः संस्थिताः सदा
aṣṭaṣaṣṭivibhāgena bhūtvā rūpaiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ | aṣṭaṣaṣṭiṣu kṣetreṣu tasya tāḥ saṃsthitāḥ sadā
അഷ്ടഷഷ്ടി വിഭാഗങ്ങളായി വിഭജിതരായി, വ്യത്യസ്ത വ്യത്യസ്ത രൂപങ്ങൾ ധരിച്ചു, ആ മാതൃകകൾ അവനോടു ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട അഷ്ടഷഷ്ടി പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രങ്ങളിൽ സദാ സ്ഥാപിതരായിരിക്കുന്നു.
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Ṣaṭ-ṣaṣṭi Mātṛ-kṣetra-maṇḍala (66-fold Mātṛ seats)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Mothers divide and assume distinct forms, each enthroned in her own kṣetra, forming a sacred mandala of sixty-six seats.
FAQs
Sacred power is not confined to one spot; divine energies manifest in many forms across a network of holy places, sustaining dharma everywhere.
The verse praises the kṣetra-network (sixty-six kṣetras) within the Hāṭakeśvara/Luptatīrtha māhātmya setting of Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
No explicit ritual is stated; the focus is on the theological geography of the kṣetras.