Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62
चमत्कारपुरेक्षेत्रे विविशुस्ते ततः परम् । ददृशुः सहसा प्राप्तं परिव्राजं शुनोमुखम्
camatkārapurekṣetre viviśuste tataḥ param | dadṛśuḥ sahasā prāptaṃ parivrājaṃ śunomukham
അതിനുശേഷം അവർ ചമത്കാരപുരത്തിന്റെ പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ പ്രവേശിച്ചു. അവിടെ പെട്ടെന്നെത്തിയ ശുനോമുഖൻ എന്ന പരിവ്രാജകനെ അവർ കണ്ടു.
Narrative voice
Tirtha: Cāmatkārapura
Type: kshetra
Scene: A travel party enters the boundary of Cāmatkārapura-kṣetra; at that very moment a parivrājaka, Śunomukha, arrives unexpectedly—staff and begging bowl in hand—creating a sense of auspicious surprise.
FAQs
Pilgrimage unfolds through encounters with holy persons; saints and mendicants become gateways to deeper tīrtha-knowledge.
Cāmatkārapura-kṣetra is explicitly mentioned as the sacred locale entered by the travelers.
None in this verse; it sets the scene for a tīrtha-episode and a meeting with an ascetic.