Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
अपवित्रमिदं क्षेत्रं सर्ववेदविवर्जितम् । भविष्यति नृपश्रेष्ठ गतेत्युक्त्वा हरिप्रिया
apavitramidaṃ kṣetraṃ sarvavedavivarjitam | bhaviṣyati nṛpaśreṣṭha gatetyuktvā haripriyā
“हे नृपश्रेष्ठ, हे क्षेत्र अपवित्र होईल आणि सर्व वैदिक तेजापासून वंचित होईल”—असे सांगून हरिप्रिया (लक्ष्मी) निघून गेल्या.
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (narrating Haripriyā’s words)
Tirtha: Bhṛgukaccha kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Lakṣmī (Haripriyā) pronounces a curse that the region will become impure and devoid of Vedic presence, then departs—her figure moving away as the landscape subtly darkens.
FAQs
Purāṇic sacred geography teaches that the perceived purity of a place can change in time due to divine displeasure and dharmic decline.
The verse speaks of “this kṣetra” within the ongoing narrative context tied to Bhṛgukaccha and the lead-up to Kedāra’s account.
None; it reports a pronouncement (śāpa/utterance) about the future state of the kṣetra.