Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
। ऋषय ऊचुः । चमत्कारपुरोत्पत्तिः श्रुता त्वत्तो महामते । तत्क्षेत्रस्य प्रमाणं यत्तदस्माकं प्रकीर्तय । यानि तत्र च पुण्यानि तीर्थान्यायतनानि च । सहितानि प्रभावेण तानि सर्वाणि कीर्तय
| ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | camatkārapurotpattiḥ śrutā tvatto mahāmate | tatkṣetrasya pramāṇaṃ yattadasmākaṃ prakīrtaya | yāni tatra ca puṇyāni tīrthānyāyatanāni ca | sahitāni prabhāveṇa tāni sarvāṇi kīrtaya
ഋഷികൾ പറഞ്ഞു— ഹേ മഹാമതേ, ചമത്കാരപുരത്തിന്റെ ഉത്ഭവം ഞങ്ങൾ നിങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് ശ്രവിച്ചു. ഇനി ആ ക്ഷേത്രത്തിന്റെ പരിമാണം ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് പ്രസ്താവിക്കൂ; അവിടെയുള്ള എല്ലാ പുണ്യതീർത്ഥങ്ങളും ആരാധനാലയങ്ങളും അവയുടെ പ്രഭാവത്തോടുകൂടി എല്ലാം കീര്ത്തനം ചെയ്യൂ.
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Camatkārapura-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: The narrator addressed as ‘mahāmati’ (contextually Sūta, who answers in 17.3)
Scene: An assembly of sages respectfully questioning the narrator about Camatkārapura’s origin, boundaries, and the list of tīrthas and sanctuaries; a map-like sacred landscape hinted behind them with icons for shrines and waterbodies.
FAQs
Dharma is learned through attentive inquiry: seekers ask for precise sacred geography and the specific powers of tīrthas and shrines.
Camatkārapura-kṣetra is introduced as a sacred region whose tīrthas and sanctuaries merit detailed praise.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse requests authoritative description of sites and their prabhāva (spiritual efficacy).