Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 31
निवृत्तो नातिदूरेथ बिल्ववृक्षं ददर्श सः । दृष्ट्वा तं तस्य चाधस्तल्लक्षमेकं जजाप सः
nivṛtto nātidūretha bilvavṛkṣaṃ dadarśa saḥ | dṛṣṭvā taṃ tasya cādhastallakṣamekaṃ jajāpa saḥ
ครั้นหวนกลับมาไม่ไกลนัก เขาเห็นต้นบิลวะต้นหนึ่ง เมื่อเห็นต้นนั้นและบริเวณใต้ร่มเงา เขาก็ทำชปะครบหนึ่งลักษะ (หนึ่งแสน)
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Bilva-vṛkṣa-sthāna (within the gupta-kṣetra)
Type: kund
Listener: Bhārata
Scene: Not far from the bathing place, Kālabhīti sees a bilva tree; he sits beneath it and completes a one-lakṣa japa, rosary in hand, with the tree’s trifoliate leaves prominent.
FAQs
Sacred geography is activated through intentional practice: choosing a sanctified locus (like a bilva tree) and completing disciplined japa.
The immediate sacred vicinity within the gupta-kṣetra, marked by a bilva tree—an emblematic Shaiva sacred marker.
Completion of one lakṣa (100,000) repetitions of mantra-japa, performed beneath a bilva tree.