Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
सूत उवाच । अत्र मे नास्ति संदेहो युष्माकं च पुनः स्थितः । ततो वक्ष्याम्यशेषेण श्रूयतां द्विजसत्तमाः । एतत्क्षेत्रं पुनश्चाद्यं न क्षयं याति कुत्रचित्
sūta uvāca | atra me nāsti saṃdeho yuṣmākaṃ ca punaḥ sthitaḥ | tato vakṣyāmyaśeṣeṇa śrūyatāṃ dvijasattamāḥ | etatkṣetraṃ punaścādyaṃ na kṣayaṃ yāti kutracit
စူတက ဆို၏— «ငါ့ဘက်၌ ဤနေရာတွင် သံသယမရှိ၊ သို့သော် သင်တို့အတွင်း၌ ထပ်မံ ပေါ်ပေါက်လာ၏။ ထို့ကြောင့် အားလုံးကို မကျန်အောင် ရှင်းပြမည်၊ နားထောင်ကြလော့၊ ဒွိဇတို့အနက် အမြတ်ဆုံးတို့။ ဤသန့်ရှင်းကွင်းသည် ရှေးဦးကတည်းကရှိ၍ အစဉ်ပြန်လည်သစ်လွင်ကာ မည်သည့်နေရာ၌မျှ မလျော့နည်းပါ»။
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijas/sages (द्विजसत्तमाः)
Scene: Sūta addresses the assembled dvijas, dispelling doubt; the kṣetra is portrayed with an aura of timelessness—light suffusing the land, suggesting it is ‘ever-renewed’ and beyond decay.
FAQs
A true tīrtha is described as akṣaya—its sanctity does not decline; faithful listening to the tradition dispels doubt and deepens devotion.
The kṣetra being narrated in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya stream of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa, praised as imperishable (akṣaya).
Śravaṇa (devout listening) is urged—“listen, O best of the twice-born”—as the immediate practice for receiving the māhātmya.
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