Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
अस्पृष्टं कलिना स्थानं किंचि द्वद बृहस्पते । समाश्रयाय तीर्थानां यदि वेत्सि जगत्त्रये
aspṛṣṭaṃ kalinā sthānaṃ kiṃci dvada bṛhaspate | samāśrayāya tīrthānāṃ yadi vetsi jagattraye
ହେ ବୃହସ୍ପତେ! କଲିର ସ୍ପର୍ଶରୁ ଅସ୍ପୃଷ୍ଟ କିଛି ସ୍ଥାନ କହ; ତୀର୍ଥମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ସାଧାରଣ ଆଶ୍ରୟ ହେବ—ଯଦି ତୁମେ ତ୍ରିଲୋକରେ ତାହା ଜାଣ।
Indra (Śakra/Śatakratu) addressing Bṛhaspati
Type: kshetra
Scene: Indra respectfully petitions Bṛhaspati: ‘Tell us a place untouched by Kali, a common refuge for tīrthas, if you know it in the three worlds.’
FAQs
To preserve holiness in a corrupt age, one must seek and uphold protected centers of dharma.
Not yet named; the verse asks for the identification of such a place.
None directly; the concern is the continued efficacy of tīrthas (tīrtha-prabhāva) in Kali-yuga.