Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60
पितामह उवाच । अस्मिन्क्षेत्रे मया सार्धं कुरुध्वं पुत्रकास्तपः । गमिष्यथ परां सिद्धिं येन लोके सुदुर्लभाम्
pitāmaha uvāca | asminkṣetre mayā sārdhaṃ kurudhvaṃ putrakāstapaḥ | gamiṣyatha parāṃ siddhiṃ yena loke sudurlabhām
พระปิตามหะ (พระพรหม) ตรัสว่า: “โอรสทั้งหลายของเรา จงบำเพ็ญตบะในกษेत्रอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้ร่วมกับเราเถิด ด้วยเหตุนี้พวกเจ้าจักบรรลุสิทธิอันสูงสุด ซึ่งหาได้ยากยิ่งในโลก”
Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brahmā speaks with a calm, authoritative gesture, inviting the sages to perform tapas in the very kṣetra with him; the sages listen attentively, hands folded.
FAQs
Austerity performed in a consecrated kṣetra, especially under divine guidance, yields rare and supreme spiritual accomplishment.
The verse praises “this kṣetra” within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the snippet itself does not name the site, but it is presented as a place where siddhi is uniquely attainable.
Undertaking tapas (austerity/penance) in the sacred kṣetra.