Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 112
पूजितः सर्वलोकैस्त्वं यच्छंस्तेषां वरान्वृतान् । गुप्तक्षेत्रं च न त्याज्यं सर्वक्षेत्रोत्तमोत्तमम्
pūjitaḥ sarvalokaistvaṃ yacchaṃsteṣāṃ varānvṛtān | guptakṣetraṃ ca na tyājyaṃ sarvakṣetrottamottamam
सर्व लोकांनी पूजिलेला तू याचकांना त्यांच्या अभिलषित वरांचे दान करशील. आणि गुप्तक्षेत्र कधीही सोडू नकोस—ते सर्व तीर्थक्षेत्रांमध्ये परम श्रेष्ठ आहे.
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) conveying the charge given to Barbarīka
Tirtha: Guptakṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A divine guardian/boon-giver is praised by beings of all worlds; the ‘hidden’ sacred field (Guptakṣetra) is shown as luminous yet veiled, with a protective aura and boundary markers.
FAQs
Service to devotees—granting rightful boons—and steadfast guardianship of a sacred place are praised as divine duty.
Guptakṣetra is explicitly praised as the highest among sacred kṣetras.
Implicitly, worship and seeking boons at Guptakṣetra; no specific rite is detailed in this verse.