Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72
ईदृक्क्षेत्रप्रभावोऽयं सौभ्रात्रेण विवर्जितः । पंचक्रोशात्मके क्षेत्रे ये वसन्त्यत्र लक्ष्मण
īdṛkkṣetraprabhāvo'yaṃ saubhrātreṇa vivarjitaḥ | paṃcakrośātmake kṣetre ye vasantyatra lakṣmaṇa
ഈ ക്ഷേത്രത്തിന്റെ പ്രഭാവം ഇത്തരമാണ്—ഇവിടെ സഹോദരസ്നേഹം ഇല്ലാതാകുന്നു. ഹേ ലക്ഷ്മണാ, ഈ പഞ്ചക്രോശപരിമിതമായ പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ ഇവിടെ വസിക്കുന്നവർ—
Unspecified (a revered narrator/teacher addressing Lakṣmaṇa within the Tīrthamāhātmya context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Lakṣmaṇa
Scene: A wide view of a sacred precinct marked by boundary shrines or stones; pilgrims at the threshold; an unseen force subtly cooling affectionate gestures between companions; the teacher points out the kṣetra’s peculiar power to Lakṣmaṇa.
FAQs
A kṣetra can shape human dispositions; spiritual landscapes are portrayed as exerting moral-psychological influence.
A pañcakrośa (five-krośa) sacred kṣetra is being described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Adhyāya 20; the exact toponym is not given in this verse alone.
No direct rite is stated here; it introduces the distinctive ‘kṣetra-prabhāva’ (site-effect) doctrine.