Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 50
ग्रहाः सर्वे सनक्षत्रा वसवोऽष्टौ ध्रुवा दयः । अंतरिक्षचराः सर्वे ये चान्ये नगवासिनः
grahāḥ sarve sanakṣatrā vasavo'ṣṭau dhruvā dayaḥ | aṃtarikṣacarāḥ sarve ye cānye nagavāsinaḥ
تمام گرہ (سیّارے) نَکشَتروں سمیت آئے؛ آٹھ وَسو اور دھرُوَ گن بھی۔ جو سب کے سب فضا میں چلنے والے ہیں، اور دیگر جو پہاڑوں پر بسنے والے ہیں، وہ بھی وہاں جمع ہو گئے۔
Sūta
Tirtha: (implied) pāpanīṣūdana-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmic tableau: planets and constellations personified in the sky; the eight Vasus stand like elemental pillars; Dhruva shines steady above; aerial beings traverse mid-space; mountain-dwellers arrive from peaks—everything aligns toward the sacred field.
FAQs
A supreme tīrtha is portrayed as cosmically central—its holiness resonates through heaven, mid-air, and earth, making dharma a universal principle.
Dharmāraṇya is the implied locus of this all-encompassing gathering.
No ritual prescription is stated; the verse magnifies the kṣetra’s greatness through a universal assembly motif.