Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36
एवं वास्तुपदं जातं तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे द्विजोत्तमाः । अस्मिन्क्षेत्रे नरः पापात्स्पृष्टो मुच्येत कर्मणा
evaṃ vāstupadaṃ jātaṃ tasminkṣetre dvijottamāḥ | asminkṣetre naraḥ pāpātspṛṣṭo mucyeta karmaṇā
ഹേ ദ്വിജോത്തമന്മാരേ! ഇങ്ങനെ ആ ക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ വാസ്തുപദം ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു. ഈ ക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ മനുഷ്യൻ പാപസ്പർശിതനായാലും നിർദ്ദിഷ്ട കർമംകൊണ്ട് മോചിതനാകുന്നു।
Sūta (narrative voice; implied for this section)
Tirtha: Vāstu-pada-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijottamāḥ (addressed audience: best of the twice-born)
Scene: The vāstu-pada is shown as a luminous grid inscribed upon the sacred field; sages address ‘best of the twice-born’ while a penitent devotee performs the prescribed rite and is purified.
FAQs
A sanctified place amplifies dharmic action; proper ritual performed in a holy kṣetra leads to purification from sin.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, presented as the field where the Vāstu-pada manifested and grants pāpa-kṣaya.
Liberation from sin is said to occur ‘by karma’—i.e., by performing the prescribed rite connected with the Vāstu-pada in this kṣetra.