Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
यदाश्रित्य नयिष्यामो रौद्रं कलियुगं विभो । अस्पृष्टानि नरैर्म्लेच्छैः प्रभावसहितानि च । पाताले स्वर्गलोके वा मर्त्ये वा सुरसत्तम
yadāśritya nayiṣyāmo raudraṃ kaliyugaṃ vibho | aspṛṣṭāni narairmlecchaiḥ prabhāvasahitāni ca | pātāle svargaloke vā martye vā surasattama
हे विभो! ज्याचा आश्रय घेऊन आम्ही रौद्र कलियुग पार करू—जे म्लेच्छ मनुष्यांच्या स्पर्शापासून अस्पृष्ट आणि दिव्य प्रभावयुक्त आहे—ते पाताळात असो, स्वर्गात असो वा मर्त्यलोकी, हे देवश्रेष्ठ!
Devas/Tīrthas addressing Indra
Scene: The petitioners describe an ideal sanctuary: a radiant tīrtha-space, sealed from Kali’s shadow, beyond ordinary human defilement, spanning the three worlds.
FAQs
Sacred power is preserved through purity and protection; dharma seeks spaces where sanctity can remain undisturbed.
No site is named yet; the verse lists the qualities of the desired refuge-kṣetra.
No direct ritual; the emphasis is on maintaining ritual purity and safeguarding holy places.