Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
अस्ति भूभितले ख्याता मधुराख्या महापुरी । नानाविप्रसमाकीर्णा यमुनातटसंश्रया
asti bhūbhitale khyātā madhurākhyā mahāpurī | nānāviprasamākīrṇā yamunātaṭasaṃśrayā
पृथ्वीवर ‘मधुरा’ नावाची एक प्रसिद्ध महापुरी आहे; ती अनेक विप्रांनी परिपूर्ण असून यमुनेच्या तीरावर वसलेली आहे.
Sūta (deduced from narrative context; explicit speaker appears at 8 as “Sūta uvāca”)
Tirtha: Madhurā (Mathurā) / Yamunā-tīra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: A panoramic view of Madhurā: ghāṭas along the Yamunā, temples and spires, Brahmins in white performing sandhyā and reciting Veda, pilgrims arriving with offerings.
FAQs
Holy geography matters in Purāṇic dharma: a sacred city on a sacred river-bank is presented as an auspicious setting for merit and devotion.
Madhurā (Mathurā) on the bank of the river Yamunā.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse establishes the sacred locale (Madhurā on the Yamunā) as the foundation for the narrative.