Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
ततो गजाह्वयात्तूर्णं समानीय धनं बहु । शोधयामास तत्स्थानं दिवारात्रमतन्द्रितः
tato gajāhvayāttūrṇaṃ samānīya dhanaṃ bahu | śodhayāmāsa tatsthānaṃ divārātramatandritaḥ
അനന്തരം അദ്ദേഹം ഗജാഹ്വയത്തിൽ (ഹസ്തിനാപുരം) നിന്നു വേഗത്തിൽ ധാരാളം ധനസാമഗ്രികൾ കൊണ്ടുവന്ന്, ആ സ്ഥാനത്തെ പകലും രാത്രിയും ക്ഷീണമില്ലാതെ ശുദ്ധീകരിച്ചു।
Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devoted patron/ascetic arrives with carts of wealth and workers; the neglected sacred spot is scrubbed, swept, and ritually purified under lamps through day and night.
FAQs
Serving a tīrtha through restoration and purification is itself a powerful dharmic act, expressing devotion through sustained effort.
The place being cleaned is the Vidureśvara/Devadroṇī-associated tīrtha site described in Adhyāya 59.
A practical devotional act is implied: tīrtha-śodhana—cleansing and restoring the sacred spot with dedicated effort.