Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
अथ सा पतिता भूमौ सर्वरत्नमयी शिला । चमत्कारपुरे क्षेत्रे सर्वक्षेत्रमहोदये
atha sā patitā bhūmau sarvaratnamayī śilā | camatkārapure kṣetre sarvakṣetramahodaye
അപ്പോൾ സർവ്വരത്നമയമായ ആ ശില ഭൂമിയിൽ പതിച്ചു—സകലക്ഷേത്രങ്ങളിലും മഹോദയമായി പ്രകാശിക്കുന്ന ചമത്കാരപുരക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, likely Sūta) (deduced)
Tirtha: Camatkārapura-kṣetra (ratna-śilā-avataraṇa-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A resplendent, jewel-like stone descends and rests upon the earth in a luminous sacred field; the landscape subtly suggests many tīrthas surrounding it.
FAQs
A kṣetra’s greatness is celebrated as divinely marked; the sacred is materially and spiritually ‘precious,’ like a jewel-filled stone.
Camatkārapura-kṣetra, praised as a preeminent sacred field (sarvakṣetra-mahodaya).
No direct ritual is stated here; it identifies the sanctified location where later tīrtha-practices are to be performed.