Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
। सूत उवाच । अगस्त्यस्याश्रमोऽन्योस्ति तथा तत्र द्विजोत्तमाः । यत्र तिष्ठति विश्वात्मा स्वयं देवो महेश्वरः
| sūta uvāca | agastyasyāśramo'nyosti tathā tatra dvijottamāḥ | yatra tiṣṭhati viśvātmā svayaṃ devo maheśvaraḥ
സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ദ്വിജശ്രേഷ്ഠന്മാരേ, അഗസ്ത്യന്റെ മറ്റൊരു ആശ്രമമുണ്ട്; അവിടെ വിശ്വാത്മാവായ ദേവ മഹേശ്വരൻ സ്വയം വസിക്കുന്നു।
Sūta
Tirtha: Agastya-āśrama (another hermitage)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija-uttama(s) (assembled sages/brāhmaṇas)
Scene: A forest hermitage with Agastya’s hut and a sacred grove; Śiva appears or is felt as an immediate presence—either as a luminous ascetic form or as a liṅga radiating within the āśrama.
FAQs
A tīrtha becomes supremely sacred where the Lord is present; divine presence sanctifies geography and practice.
Agastya’s hermitage (Agastya-āśrama) presented as a sacred locus where Maheśvara abides.
None in this verse; it introduces the site and its defining sanctity (Śiva’s presence).