Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
चमत्कारपुरं क्षेत्रमेतन्मेध्यमपि स्थितम् । भूयो मेध्यतरं जातं युष्माकं हि समाश्रयात्
camatkārapuraṃ kṣetrametanmedhyamapi sthitam | bhūyo medhyataraṃ jātaṃ yuṣmākaṃ hi samāśrayāt
‘चमत्कारपुर’ नावाचे हे क्षेत्र निश्चयच पवित्र व मंगलमय आहे; परंतु तुमच्या येथे आश्रयामुळे ते पूर्वीपेक्षा अधिक पवित्र झाले आहे.
Unspecified (context suggests a local/divine voice addressing the Devas or revered guests)
Tirtha: Cāmatkārapura
Type: kshetra
Scene: The speaker praises the kṣetra Cāmatkārapura, gesturing toward the land while addressing the devas, implying the very ground glows brighter due to their presence.
FAQs
A holy place becomes even holier through the presence of the righteous; sanctity increases by association with divine and virtuous beings.
Cāmatkārapura-kṣetra is praised as inherently pure and further sanctified by the arrival of exalted visitors.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes the tīrtha’s increased purity through sacred association (saṅga).