Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन तां देवीमिह संश्रयेत् । सर्वकामप्रदां नृणां तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे व्यवस्थिताम्
tasmātsarvaprayatnena tāṃ devīmiha saṃśrayet | sarvakāmapradāṃ nṛṇāṃ tasminkṣetre vyavasthitām
ฉะนั้น ด้วยความเพียรทุกประการ พึงเข้าถึงที่พึ่งแห่งเทวีองค์นั้น ณ ที่นี้—ผู้สถิตในเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้น และประทานความปรารถนาทั้งปวงแก่ชนทั้งหลาย
Unspecified (narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta in frame narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee kneels at the threshold of the Devī’s shrine, hands folded in surrender; the Goddess is envisioned as present within the kṣetra, radiating assurance of protection and fulfillment.
FAQs
Kṣetra-devatā devotion—taking śaraṇa (refuge) in the presiding Goddess—is upheld as a powerful path to fulfillment and welfare.
A kṣetra within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Adhyāya 64 where a Devī is ‘established’; the verse does not supply the site-name by itself.
Śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) and sustained devotion to the Devī residing in the kṣetra.