Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60
पितामह उवाच । अस्मिन्क्षेत्रे मया सार्धं कुरुध्वं पुत्रकास्तपः । गमिष्यथ परां सिद्धिं येन लोके सुदुर्लभाम्
pitāmaha uvāca | asminkṣetre mayā sārdhaṃ kurudhvaṃ putrakāstapaḥ | gamiṣyatha parāṃ siddhiṃ yena loke sudurlabhām
ပိတာမဟ (ဗြဟ္မာ) မိန့်တော်မူသည်—“သားတို့ရေ၊ ဤသန့်ရှင်းသော က్షೇತ್ರ၌ ငါနှင့်အတူ တပဿာကို ပြုကြလော့။ ထိုကြောင့် လောက၌ ရှားပါးလှသော အမြင့်ဆုံး စိဒ္ဓိကို သင်တို့ ရောက်လိမ့်မည်။”
Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brahmā speaks with a calm, authoritative gesture, inviting the sages to perform tapas in the very kṣetra with him; the sages listen attentively, hands folded.
FAQs
Austerity performed in a consecrated kṣetra, especially under divine guidance, yields rare and supreme spiritual accomplishment.
The verse praises “this kṣetra” within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the snippet itself does not name the site, but it is presented as a place where siddhi is uniquely attainable.
Undertaking tapas (austerity/penance) in the sacred kṣetra.
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