Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52
अगस्त्य उवाच । चमत्कारपुरे क्षेत्रे मया पीठान्यशेषतः । आनीतानि प्रभावेन मंत्राणां सुरसत्तमाः
agastya uvāca | camatkārapure kṣetre mayā pīṭhānyaśeṣataḥ | ānītāni prabhāvena maṃtrāṇāṃ surasattamāḥ
അഗസ്ത്യൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ സുരസത്തമാ! മന്ത്രങ്ങളുടെ പ്രഭാവത്താൽ ഞാൻ ചമത്കാരപുരത്തിലെ പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രത്തിലേക്ക് ശേഷമില്ലാതെ എല്ലാ പീഠങ്ങളെയും കൊണ്ടുവന്നു.
Agastya
Tirtha: Camatkārapura
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devas
Scene: Agastya stands within a consecrated field, performing mantra; around him appear symbolic emblems of many pīṭhas—yoni/śakti stones, tridents, skull-cups, lotuses—converging as luminous presences into the kṣetra.
FAQs
Mantra-śakti, when aligned with dharma, can establish and reveal sacred presence, turning a place into a living tīrtha.
Camatkārapura-kṣetra, presented as a locus where multiple pīṭhas become present.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes the sanctifying power of mantras and the establishment of pīṭhas.