Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74
आनयिष्यथ तान्यूयमामुष्यायणसंज्ञितान् । नित्यं स्थिताश्च ते क्षेत्रे श्राद्धस्याक्षय्यकारकाः
ānayiṣyatha tānyūyamāmuṣyāyaṇasaṃjñitān | nityaṃ sthitāśca te kṣetre śrāddhasyākṣayyakārakāḥ
พวกท่านจักนำพวกเขามา—ผู้เป็นที่รู้จักด้วยนามว่า ‘อามุษยายณะ’ และพวกเขาจะตั้งมั่นอยู่ในกษेत्रศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้นเป็นนิตย์ ทำให้ผลแห่งศราทธะไม่สิ้นสุด
Śrī Bhagavān (contextually Śiva)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas of the kṣetra
Scene: The Lord declares that the brāhmaṇas will bring in men designated ‘Āmuṣyāyaṇa’, who will reside perpetually in the kṣetra and render śrāddha fruits inexhaustible; the kṣetra is shown as a living sacred enclosure with shrines and ritual platforms.
FAQs
When qualified custodians remain established in a sacred kṣetra, ancestral rites performed there yield enduring (akṣayya) spiritual benefit.
A particular ‘kṣetra’ is praised as the locus of akṣayya śrāddha merit, but its proper name is not present in this verse alone.
Śrāddha is central: the verse states that the rite’s fruit becomes akṣayya (inexhaustible) in that kṣetra through these designated brāhmaṇas.