Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
जगाम सत्वरं तत्र यत्र तत्क्षेत्रमुत्तमम् । तपस्विगणसंकीर्णं युक्तं चैवाश्रमैः शुभैः
jagāma satvaraṃ tatra yatra tatkṣetramuttamam | tapasvigaṇasaṃkīrṇaṃ yuktaṃ caivāśramaiḥ śubhaiḥ
พระองค์เสด็จไปโดยเร็วสู่ที่นั้น ซึ่งเป็นเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์อันประเสริฐ—แน่นขนัดด้วยหมู่ตบะ และประดับด้วยอาศรมอันเป็นมงคล
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The king’s party arrives at the edge of a radiant sacred field: clusters of leaf-huts and small hermitages, ascetics gathered in groups, smoke from sacrificial fires rising gently, and a sense of ordered sanctity.
FAQs
A true tīrtha is recognized by living dharma—ascetics, disciplined life, and sanctified hermitages.
The verse praises an ‘uttama kṣetra’ within Adhyāya 72; the specific name is not given in this line alone.
No explicit rite; it highlights the marks of a powerful pilgrimage-site—tapasvins and auspicious āśramas.