Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65
अजागृहे स्थिता यस्मात्सा देवी क्षेत्रदेवता । अजागृहा ततः ख्याता सर्वत्रैव द्विजोत्तमाः
ajāgṛhe sthitā yasmātsā devī kṣetradevatā | ajāgṛhā tataḥ khyātā sarvatraiva dvijottamāḥ
कारण ती देवी—त्या पवित्र क्षेत्राची अधिष्ठात्री—अजागृहात (बकरीगृहात) वास करते; म्हणून, हे द्विजोत्तमांनो, ते स्थान सर्वत्र ‘अजागृहा’ म्हणून प्रसिद्ध झाले।
Sūta (deduced from address dvijottamāḥ and continuous narration)
Tirtha: Ajāgṛhā (in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijottamāḥ (best of brāhmaṇas)
Scene: A modest goat-house (ajāgṛha) within a sacred precinct, subtly transfigured by the luminous presence of the Goddess as kṣetra-devatā; brāhmaṇas listen as the narrator explains the origin of the name Ajāgṛhā.
FAQs
A kṣetra becomes holy and widely renowned through the living presence of its kṣetradevatā; sacred geography is defined by divine indwelling.
Ajāgṛhā (Ajāgṛha), named and celebrated because the kṣetradevatā Devī is said to reside there.
None explicitly; the verse provides sthala-nāma-nirukti (place-name explanation) highlighting the Devī’s residence as the source of sanctity.
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