Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
ततस्तीर्थान्यनेकानि स दृष्ट्वायतनानि च । क्षेत्रेऽत्रैव समायातः स्नानार्थं पांडुनन्दनः
tatastīrthānyanekāni sa dṛṣṭvāyatanāni ca | kṣetre'traiva samāyātaḥ snānārthaṃ pāṃḍunandanaḥ
அதன்பின் பாண்டுநந்தனன் பல தீர்த்தங்களைத் தரிசித்து, பல ஆலயங்களையும் கண்டு, ஸ்நானக் கருமத்திற்காக இவ்வே புனிதக் க்ஷேத்திரத்திற்கே வந்தடைந்தான்।
Narrator
Tirtha: Arjuneśvara-kṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer/audience (not specified)
Scene: A Pāṇḍava prince arrives at a sacred kṣetra after a long pilgrimage, with multiple shrines in the background and a river/kuṇḍa-ghāṭ prepared for ritual bathing.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is both movement through sacred geography and inner purification—culminating in tīrtha-snāna within a sanctified kṣetra.
The verse points to “this very kṣetra” but does not name it in the snippet; the surrounding text of the adhyāya typically identifies the specific locale.
Snāna (ritual bathing) in the sacred kṣetra is explicitly stated as the purpose of arrival.