Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
ततस्ते विषयं प्राप्ता वृषादर्भिमहीपतेः । क्षुत्क्षामा मुनयोऽत्यर्थं देशे चानर्तसंज्ञके
tataste viṣayaṃ prāptā vṛṣādarbhimahīpateḥ | kṣutkṣāmā munayo'tyarthaṃ deśe cānartasaṃjñake
ต่อจากนั้นท่านทั้งหลายได้ถึงแดนแห่งพระราชาวฤษาดรภี; เหล่ามุนีผู้ซูบผอมยิ่งด้วยความหิว ได้มาถึงแคว้นที่เรียกว่า อนรรตะ
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; unspecified in snippet)
Tirtha: Anarta (regional kṣetra-frame; specific tīrtha likely named in subsequent verses)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The sages, frail with hunger, arrive at the border of a prosperous-looking realm; a distant fort or palace indicates King Vṛṣādarbhī’s domain, with the land labeled ‘Anarta’ in the narrative imagination.
FAQs
Sacred geography is tied to dharma: the movement of sages into a kingdom becomes the occasion for testing and revealing royal righteousness.
The verse names the broader region (Anarta); the specific tīrtha praised in the māhātmya is clarified in the surrounding verses of the chapter.
None directly; it situates the episode within a particular land and ruler’s domain.