Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
ततस्तत्कर्षणाच्चापि यस्तेनाशु प्रताड्यते । स तेनैव शरीरेण नीयते तेन तत्पदम्
tatastatkarṣaṇāccāpi yastenāśu pratāḍyate | sa tenaiva śarīreṇa nīyate tena tatpadam
ยิ่งไปกว่านั้น ด้วยการถูกฉุดลากนั้นเอง ผู้ใดถูกอำนาจนั้นฟาดล้มลงโดยฉับพลัน ผู้นั้นย่อมถูกอำนาจเดียวกันนั้นพาไป—ยังคงในกายเดิม—สู่ภาวะอันสูงสุด ณ สถานศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้น
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the ṛṣis (deduced from Tīrthamāhātmya dialogue frame)
Tirtha: Citreśvarīpīṭha
Type: kshetra
Scene: A person is dragged by an unseen force or divine agency across the sacred ground; at the moment of being struck down, a luminous pathway opens, and the same body is shown ascending/being carried toward a radiant ‘supreme state’.
FAQs
The verse stresses the extraordinary, immediate efficacy (kṣetra-phala) of a powerful sacred site, capable of leading a person to the highest state even without prolonged practice.
The surrounding passage belongs to the Citreśvarīpīṭha/Hāṭakeśvara sacred complex described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya.
No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it highlights the kṣetra’s direct salvific power.