Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
अथात्मानं स राजेंद्रो यावत्पश्यति तत्क्षणात् । तावत्प्राप्तं धरापृष्ठे कांपिल्य नगरं प्रति
athātmānaṃ sa rājeṃdro yāvatpaśyati tatkṣaṇāt | tāvatprāptaṃ dharāpṛṣṭhe kāṃpilya nagaraṃ prati
แล้วพระราชาผู้เป็นจอมแห่งกษัตริย์ ครั้นรู้สึกตัวขึ้นในบัดดล ก็ประจักษ์ว่าในขณะนั้นเองได้มาถึงพื้นพิภพ ใกล้นครกัมปิลยะแล้ว
Narrator (contextual)
Tirtha: Kāṃpilya (as kṣetra-entry point)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A royal figure ‘awakens to himself’ and beholds the earth beneath; in the same instant he stands near the gates/approach of Kāṃpilya, with townsfolk and distant ramparts visible.
FAQs
Divine ordinance moves beings swiftly according to karma; the earth becomes the field for renewed merit through place-linked dharma.
Kāṃpilya is introduced as a key geographic setting; the tīrtha-focus unfolds in subsequent verses.
None; this is narrative transition establishing location.