Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
द्विजानां रक्षणार्थाय नित्यं संनिहिता भव । एवं सा तत्र संभूता माहित्था वरदेवता
dvijānāṃ rakṣaṇārthāya nityaṃ saṃnihitā bhava | evaṃ sā tatra saṃbhūtā māhitthā varadevatā
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Skanda (deduced from Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Mahiṭṭhā (Devī-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A boon-giving goddess manifests at a sacred spot and is entreated to remain perpetually present for the protection of the twice-born; the place becomes a guarded sanctuary.
FAQs
A sacred site is upheld by divine guardianship; protecting dharma (especially the learned and ritual order) is itself a holy mandate.
A Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya locale where the goddess Mahiṭṭhā is said to be perpetually present (the immediate tīrtha context continues in the surrounding verses).
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse establishes the deity’s perpetual presence and protective function at the site.