Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
श्रीमार्कंडेय उवाच । क्षेत्राणामिह सर्वेषां तीर्थैः सर्वैरलंकृतम् । चमत्कारपुरं क्षेत्रं सांप्रतं प्रतिभाति नः
śrīmārkaṃḍeya uvāca | kṣetrāṇāmiha sarveṣāṃ tīrthaiḥ sarvairalaṃkṛtam | camatkārapuraṃ kṣetraṃ sāṃprataṃ pratibhāti naḥ
ശ്രീ മാർകണ്ഡേയൻ പറഞ്ഞു— ഇവിടെ ഉള്ള എല്ലാ ക്ഷേത്രപ്രദേശങ്ങളിലും, എല്ലാ തീർത്ഥങ്ങളാലും അലങ്കരിക്കപ്പെട്ട ‘ചമത്കാരപുരം’ എന്ന പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രം ഇപ്പോൾ ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് ശ്രേഷ്ഠമായി ദീപ്തമാകുന്നു।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Camatkārapura
Type: kshetra
Listener: nṛpaśreṣṭha (king; unnamed here)
Scene: Sage Mārkaṇḍeya speaks authoritatively, pointing as if indicating a radiant sacred region; the kṣetra is imagined as a mandala-like landscape studded with many water-bodies and shrines.
FAQs
Some kṣetras are praised as ‘confluences of merit,’ where many tīrtha-powers are gathered, making pilgrimage especially potent.
Camatkārapura-kṣetra, described as adorned by all tīrthas.
No specific rite is stated; the verse establishes the site’s supremacy as a basis for pilgrimage, bathing, and worship.