Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 117
ततो देशांतरं दुःखाद्भ्रममाण इतस्ततः । चमत्कारपुरं प्राप्तो द्विजरूपं समाश्रितः । स स्नाति सर्वकृत्येषु भिक्षान्नकृतभोजनः
tato deśāṃtaraṃ duḥkhādbhramamāṇa itastataḥ | camatkārapuraṃ prāpto dvijarūpaṃ samāśritaḥ | sa snāti sarvakṛtyeṣu bhikṣānnakṛtabhojanaḥ
ततः स दुःखात् देशान्तरं भ्रमन् इतस्ततः; चमत्कारपुरं प्राप्य द्विजरूपं समाश्रितवान्। स सर्वकृत्येषु स्नानं कृत्वा भिक्षान्नेन कृतभोजनः आसीत्।
Unspecified (Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative voice; likely Sūta-like narrator)
Tirtha: Camatkārapura
Type: kshetra
Listener: pārthiva (king)
Scene: A weary wanderer moves across varied landscapes, then enters Camatkārapura; he dons a brāhmaṇa’s simple attire, bathes at a ghat, and receives alms in a quiet street near a shrine.
FAQs
Sorrow can become a catalyst for dharmic discipline—pilgrimage, purity through snāna, and humble living by bhikṣā.
Camatkārapura is explicitly named as the place reached in this narrative segment.
Snāna (ritual bathing) connected to daily/occasional duties and sustenance through bhikṣā (alms).
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