Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
सूत उवाच । अथ प्राप्ते दिनाधीशे तुलायां द्विजसत्तमाः । प्रेता लिंगोद्भवां भूमिं पूरयामासुरेव हि
sūta uvāca | atha prāpte dinādhīśe tulāyāṃ dvijasattamāḥ | pretā liṃgodbhavāṃ bhūmiṃ pūrayāmāsureva hi
ସୂତ କହିଲେ—ହେ ଦ୍ୱିଜସତ୍ତମମାନେ! ଦିନାଧୀଶ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ ତୁଳାରାଶିରେ ପ୍ରବେଶ କରିବା ସମୟରେ, ପ୍ରେତମାନେ ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ଲିଙ୍ଗୋଦ୍ଭବ ଭୂମିକୁ ପୂରଣ କରିବାକୁ ଲାଗିଲେ।
Sūta
Tirtha: Liṅgodbhava-bhūmi (name as given)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija-sattamāḥ (assembled brāhmaṇa sages)
Scene: Sūta narrates to assembled sages; in a liminal sacred ground where liṅgas once emerged, subtle preta forms gather as the Sun enters Tulā—depicted as a zodiac emblem in the sky; priests prepare tarpaṇa with water vessels and kuśa grass.
FAQs
Purāṇic sacred geography links cosmic time with events in a holy field, showing how kṣetras undergo obscuration and renewal.
A liṅga-udbhava kṣetra within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (the narrative focuses on a land where many liṅgas manifested).
No direct prescription; it sets the calendrical and mythic context (Sun in Tulā) for subsequent tīrtha developments.