Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
तस्या गर्भं समासाद्य मानुषत्वं समाचर । यदा पैतामहो यज्ञस्तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे भविष्यति
tasyā garbhaṃ samāsādya mānuṣatvaṃ samācara | yadā paitāmaho yajñastasminkṣetre bhaviṣyati
จงเข้าสู่ครรภ์ของนางและรับกำเนิดเป็นมนุษย์ ครั้นเมื่อพิธีบูชายัญ ‘ไพตามหะ’ จะประกอบขึ้นในเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้น เหตุอันกำหนดไว้จักบังเกิด
Unspecified in snippet (directive speech; likely a divine instruction within the narrative)
Tirtha: Kṣetra of the Paitāmaha-yajña (unnamed here)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A commanding voice instructs a destined being to enter Satyabhāmā’s womb and take human birth, timed to the future performance of a Paitāmaha sacrifice in the sacred field.
FAQs
It frames destiny and dharma through a sacred-kṣetra setting: divine purposes unfold through human birth at the time of a consecrated yajña.
A “kṣetra” is mentioned but not named in this verse; the broader chapter (Adhyāya 188) provides the site context.
It references the performance of a Paitāmaha-yajña (a Brahmā-associated sacrifice) as the key ritual occasion.