Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72
तस्मात्कृतघ्नतादोषो न स्यान्मम मुनीश्वराः । यथा कार्यं भवद्भिश्च तथा सर्वैर्न संशयः
tasmātkṛtaghnatādoṣo na syānmama munīśvarāḥ | yathā kāryaṃ bhavadbhiśca tathā sarvairna saṃśayaḥ
“ฉะนั้น โอ้เหล่ามุนีผู้ประเสริฐ ขออย่าให้โทษแห่งความเนรคุณตกแก่ข้าพเจ้า สิ่งใดที่ท่านทั้งหลายควรกระทำ ก็ขอให้ทุกคนกระทำตามนั้นเถิด ปราศจากความสงสัย”
Mṛkaṇḍa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Munīśvarāḥ (sages)
Scene: Mṛkaṇḍa, earnest and humble, requests instruction from the sages; the sages gesture toward the land as if indicating a future sacred foundation.
FAQs
True gratitude expresses itself as obedient action aligned with dharma, not merely emotion.
The local tīrtha of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa episode, later identified with Bālasakhya and the worship of Pitāmaha, is being prepared for glorification.
No explicit rite here; it is a pledge to perform whatever the sages instruct, which becomes installation and worship in following verses.