Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 27
श्रीकांताय तदा राजन्वाक्यमुक्तं मनोरमम् । यस्मात्त्वं सत्यलोकाच्च आगतोऽसि जगत्प्रभुः । स्थापितं च पुरं चेदं हिताय च द्विजात्मनाम्
śrīkāṃtāya tadā rājanvākyamuktaṃ manoramam | yasmāttvaṃ satyalokācca āgato'si jagatprabhuḥ | sthāpitaṃ ca puraṃ cedaṃ hitāya ca dvijātmanām
ครั้งนั้น โอ้พระราชา ได้มีถ้อยคำอันไพเราะกล่าวแก่ศรีกานตะว่า “เพราะท่าน ผู้เป็นพระผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งโลก เสด็จมาจากสัทยโลก นครนี้จึงสถาปนาไว้เพื่อเกื้อกูลแก่เหล่าทวิชะ ผู้เกิดสองครั้ง”
Narrator (reports praise/statement made to Śrīkānta; exact speaker not explicit)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya / Satyamandira (city-kshetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājan (King)
Scene: An elder or spokesman addresses Śrīkānta with a ‘manoramā vāk’ proclaiming his Satyaloka origin and the city’s establishment for dvija welfare; a nascent city/kshetra backdrop.
FAQs
Sacred cities are founded for loka-hita—supporting dharma through the protection and sustenance of learned, disciplined communities.
The newly established sacred city associated with Śrīkānta in Dharmāraṇya, later known as Satyamandira.
No direct rite; it frames the purpose of the city as supporting dvija-dharma (study, sacrifice, and austerity).