Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
सूत उवाच । तथान्या लोहयष्टिस्तु तस्मिन्क्षेत्रेऽतिशोभना । मुक्ता परशुरामेण भंक्त्वा निजकुठारकम्
sūta uvāca | tathānyā lohayaṣṭistu tasminkṣetre'tiśobhanā | muktā paraśurāmeṇa bhaṃktvā nijakuṭhārakam
സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ആ പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ മറ്റൊരു അത്യന്തം ശോഭനമായ ‘ലോഹയഷ്ടി’ ഉണ്ട്. പരശുരാമൻ തന്റെ കുഠാരം തകർത്ത ശേഷം അതിൽ നിന്നുതന്നെ ആ ലോഹയഷ്ടി പ്രതിഷ്ഠിച്ചു.
Sūta (explicit)
Tirtha: Lohayaṣṭi (within the unnamed kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (dvija-sattamāḥ addressed in surrounding context)
Scene: Within a luminous kṣetra, an iron staff stands as a revered emblem; Paraśurāma is remembered as having broken his axe and established this staff as a sign of transformation.
FAQs
Holy places preserve dharma through sacred markers and saintly deeds; Paraśurāma’s act becomes part of the kṣetra’s living memory.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra broadly, introducing a notable feature called Lohayaṣṭi within the kṣetra.
None explicitly in this opening verse; it begins a new episode describing a sacred landmark.