Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
विश्वामित्रोऽपि तद्दृष्ट्वा तीर्थमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । कुरुक्षेत्रं परित्यज्य तत्र वासमथाकरोत्
viśvāmitro'pi taddṛṣṭvā tīrthamāhātmyamuttamam | kurukṣetraṃ parityajya tatra vāsamathākarot
அந்த தீர்த்தத்தின் ஒப்பற்ற மகிமையை கண்ட விஸ்வாமித்ரரும் குருக்ஷேத்திரத்தை விட்டு அங்கேயே வாசம் செய்தார்.
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sage Viśvāmitra, staff and matted locks, turns away from the famed Kurukṣetra landscape and walks toward a radiant Śaiva tīrtha; he establishes a simple āśrama under trees near the water.
FAQs
True discernment recognizes supreme sanctity; even famed pilgrimage centers may be surpassed by a divinely empowered tīrtha.
The Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha of this chapter—praised as so great that Viśvāmitra relocates there from Kurukṣetra.
No explicit rite; it recommends residence/association with the tīrtha through the exemplar of Viśvāmitra.