Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
तत्प्रभावादहं जाता सुपुण्ये नृपमंदिरे । क्षेत्रस्यास्य प्रभावेन तस्मादत्रैव मे स्थितिः
tatprabhāvādahaṃ jātā supuṇye nṛpamaṃdire | kṣetrasyāsya prabhāvena tasmādatraiva me sthitiḥ
«Силою той заслуги я родилась во дворце царя, исполненного великой добродетели. И силою этого священного края потому и пребывание моё — здесь же.»
The woman (continuing her reflection)
Type: kshetra
Listener: (Contextual) Pilgrims/sages addressed within the tīrtha-māhātmya frame
Scene: A radiant sacred landscape (kṣetra) with a subtle divine presence; the speaker (a transformed being) gestures toward the holy ground, indicating that both noble birth and present abode arise from the kṣetra’s potency.
FAQs
Puṇya yields elevated birth, and a powerful kṣetra draws and anchors beings for further purification—showing the living agency of sacred geography.
This kṣetra referenced in context is the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.
None explicitly; it asserts the transformative prabhāva of the kṣetra.