मध्यार्जुने कुंभकोणे मायूरे श्वेतकानने । हालास्ये च गजारण्ये वेदारण्ये च नैमिषे
madhyārjune kuṃbhakoṇe māyūre śvetakānane | hālāsye ca gajāraṇye vedāraṇye ca naimiṣe
Em Madhyārjuna, em Kuṃbhakoṇa, em Māyūra, em Śvetakānana; em Hālāsya, em Gajāraṇya, em Vedāraṇya e em Naimiṣa — em todos esses lugares sagrados proclama-se o mérito do kṣetra.
Skanda (deduced: Setukhaṇḍa Māhātmya style narration)
Tirtha: Multiple kṣetras (catalog verse)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A map-like narrative tableau: multiple vignettes of famous kṣetras—temples, groves, and forests—arranged as a garland of sacred sites, with pilgrims moving from one to the next; Naimiṣa shown as a northern forest-āśrama.
The Purāṇa maps dharma onto geography—many kṣetras are interconnected through shared sanctity and merit.
Multiple sites are invoked: Madhyārjuna, Kuṃbhakoṇa, Māyūra, Śvetakānana, Hālāsya, Gajāraṇya, Vedāraṇya, and Naimiṣa.
No specific rite is stated here; the verse functions as a tīrtha-catalog within the Setu Māhātmya context.
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