Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
ततः प्रोचुः समासाद्य येन शप्ता दुरात्मना । वयं तस्मै त्वया दत्ता प्रासादार्थं वसुन्धरा
tataḥ procuḥ samāsādya yena śaptā durātmanā | vayaṃ tasmai tvayā dattā prāsādārthaṃ vasundharā
പിന്നീട് അവർ അവന്റെ അടുക്കൽ ചെന്നു പറഞ്ഞു—“ആ ദുഷ്ടാത്മാവ് ഞങ്ങളെ ശപിച്ചു; നീ അവനേയ്ക്ക് പ്രാസാദനിർമ്മാണാർത്ഥം ഈ ഭൂമി ദാനമായി നൽകി.”
Brāhmaṇas (Dvijas)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brāhmaṇas confront Suśīla directly, recounting their curse and pointing toward the ascetic’s dwelling and the designated temple plot; Suśīla listens under accusation.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma emphasizes discernment: even sacred projects can be tainted when driven by or entrusted to wrongful conduct.
This verse does not specify a tīrtha by name; it belongs to a broader tīrtha-glorifying chapter.
It references prāsāda-nirmāṇa (temple building) and dāna (grant of land), but gives no step-by-step rite.