Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
कृतः समाश्रयस्तत्र क्षेत्रे तीर्थैः शुभावहे । बहुत्वादथ कालस्य बहूनि द्विजसत्तमाः
kṛtaḥ samāśrayastatra kṣetre tīrthaiḥ śubhāvahe | bahutvādatha kālasya bahūni dvijasattamāḥ
அந்த மங்களமும் நலமளிப்பதும் ஆன க்ஷேத்திரத்தில் தீர்த்தங்கள் ஒன்றாகத் தஞ்சமடைந்தன; ஆனால் காலம் நீண்டதால், ஓ த்விஜசத்தமர்களே, பல (தீர்த்தங்கள்) மாற்றமடைந்தன।
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija-sattamāḥ (elite Brāhmaṇa audience)
Scene: A wide sacred landscape where many tīrtha-personifications (river-goddesses, sages, liṅgas, kuṇḍas) converge as if taking shelter in one radiant kṣetra; in the distance, faint signs of erosion/time hint that some sites will fade.
FAQs
A kṣetra is a stable spiritual refuge even when individual shrines or markers change across long periods of time.
The auspicious Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is presented as the shared abode of many tīrthas.
None explicitly; the verse frames the sacred landscape and its continuity.