Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
यतोऽत्र जायते श्रेयः पुनः पुंसां प्रकीर्तय । यैरेतैः स्थापिता देवाः क्षेत्रेऽस्मिन्मानवोत्तमैः
yato'tra jāyate śreyaḥ punaḥ puṃsāṃ prakīrtaya | yairetaiḥ sthāpitā devāḥ kṣetre'sminmānavottamaiḥ
“โปรดประกาศอีกครั้งเถิดว่า ณ สถานที่นี้ ความเกษมศรีสูงสุดบังเกิดแก่ชนทั้งหลายได้อย่างไร และโดยมนุษย์ผู้ประเสริฐผู้ใดเล่า เทวะเหล่านี้จึงได้ถูกประดิษฐานในกษेत्रอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้”
Sages (ṛṣayaḥ)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Listeners urge the narrator to restate how supreme welfare arises here and which noble men installed the deities; background shows multiple small shrines/altars within a sacred precinct.
FAQs
A tīrtha is understood through both its spiritual fruit (śreyas) and its founding dharma—who established the deities and why.
A particular kṣetra within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 271); the verse frames the inquiry before the narrative specifies it.
Deity establishment/installation (sthāpana/pratiṣṭhā) is referenced as the sanctifying act, though no procedural details are given here.