Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
ब्राह्मणा ऊचुः । यदि यच्छसि चास्माकं दक्षिणां यज्ञसंभवाम् । तदस्माकं स्ववासेन स्थानं नय पवित्रताम्
brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ | yadi yacchasi cāsmākaṃ dakṣiṇāṃ yajñasaṃbhavām | tadasmākaṃ svavāsena sthānaṃ naya pavitratām
பிராமணர்கள் கூறினர்—யாகத்திலிருந்து உண்டான தக்ஷிணையை எங்களுக்கு அளிக்க விரும்பினால், எங்கள் இங்கேயுள்ள வாசத்தினாலேயே இந்த இடத்தைப் புனிதத்திற்குக் கொண்டு செல்லுங்கள்.
Brāhmaṇas
Tirtha: Puṣkara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇic audience (implicit)
Scene: Brāhmaṇas respond collectively, requesting not merely wealth but a settled dwelling that will purify the locale; gesture of calm authority and benevolence.
FAQs
A place becomes purified by the presence and disciplined life of dhārmic people, alongside proper ritual giving.
The immediate setting is the Puṣkara tīrtha-sthāna being made/preserved as pure.
Payment of dakṣiṇā connected to yajña, and purification through the Brāhmaṇas’ residence.