Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
एकाहं तव भूपाल होमस्यास्य प्रभावतः । विनिर्गता धरापृष्ठात्क्षेत्रस्यास्याधिपा स्मृता
ekāhaṃ tava bhūpāla homasyāsya prabhāvataḥ | vinirgatā dharāpṛṣṭhātkṣetrasyāsyādhipā smṛtā
“ข้าแต่พระภูบาล ด้วยอานุภาพแห่งโหมะนี้ เพียงวันเดียวเราก็ได้ปรากฏขึ้นจากผิวปฐพี เป็นที่จดจำว่าเราเป็นเทวีผู้เป็นใหญ่ประจำกษेत्रศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้”
Kṣetra-devatā (Devī), addressing the king
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Goddess, newly emerged, declares her sovereignty over the kṣetra and acknowledges the homa’s power; the king listens in reverent astonishment.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma presents ritual done with faith as efficacious—capable of unveiling the hidden guardianship of a sacred place.
The chapter’s kṣetra is glorified as having an identifiable adhipā (presiding deity) who can manifest due to worship.
Homa is highlighted as the effective rite whose prabhāva brings about divine manifestation.