Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48
अत्राभवन्महाक्षेत्रं पुण्यं पापप्रणाशनम् । विधिविष्णुमयं चैतद्भवत्वेतन्न संशयः
atrābhavanmahākṣetraṃ puṇyaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam | vidhiviṣṇumayaṃ caitadbhavatvetanna saṃśayaḥ
“یہاں ایک عظیم پُنّیہ کْشَیتر اُبھَرے—پاکیزہ اور گناہوں کو مٹانے والا۔ یہ دھام ودھی (برہما) اور وشنو دونوں سے معمور ہو؛ اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔”
Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇyaka Mahākṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sacred landscape transforms: a forest clearing becomes luminous, marked by divine signs (lotuses, rays, auspicious symbols). Brahmā and Viṣṇu’s presences are shown as overlapping halos or twin manifestations blessing the ground.
FAQs
A place becomes a mahākṣetra by divine sanction, and such sanctified geography is described as inherently sin-destroying.
Dharmāraṇya is proclaimed as a mahākṣetra—holy and pāpa-praṇāśana (sin-destroying).
No specific rite is stated; the verse establishes the site’s inherent sanctity and merit.