Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
शिल्पिनश्च समाहूयानेकांस्तत्र सहस्रशः । शोधयामास तां भूमिमधस्ताद्बहुविस्तृताम्
śilpinaśca samāhūyānekāṃstatra sahasraśaḥ | śodhayāmāsa tāṃ bhūmimadhastādbahuvistṛtām
Baginda memanggil para tukang dan pengukir—ramai sekali, bahkan beribu-ribu—lalu mulai membersih dan menyucikan tanah itu, menggali ke bawah pada hamparan yang luas di bawahnya.
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Scene: Thousands of artisans assemble with tools; the king oversees as earth is cleared, dust removed, and deep excavation begins—revealing older layers of the sacred ground.
FAQs
Restoring sacred places requires collective effort; physical cleansing of a kṣetra mirrors inner purification in dharma.
The obscured ādyatīrtha/liṅga-kṣetra being prepared for renewed worship and construction.
Site-clearing and purification (śodhana) as a preliminary step to prāsāda construction and renewed tīrtha-function.