Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59
यावन्मही समुद्राश्च पर्वता नगराणि च । तावत्स्थानमिदं विप्रा न हि त्यक्ष्यामि कर्हिचित्
yāvanmahī samudrāśca parvatā nagarāṇi ca | tāvatsthānamidaṃ viprā na hi tyakṣyāmi karhicit
جب تک یہ زمین—اپنے سمندروں، پہاڑوں اور شہروں سمیت—قائم رہے گی، اے برہمنو، تب تک یہ مقام بھی قائم رہے گا؛ میں اسے کبھی بھی نہیں چھوڑوں گا۔
Sūrya (Āditya)
Tirtha: Jayāditya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Vipras (brāhmaṇa-sages)
Scene: Sūrya gestures expansively to the cosmos—earth, oceans, mountains, cities—while vowing never to abandon the sanctified place; sages listen in reverent stillness.
FAQs
A tirtha becomes timeless when anchored by divine commitment; such places serve generations as steady refuges.
Jayāditya-sthāna, promised to remain sanctified as long as the world itself endures.
No specific ritual is prescribed; the verse provides a divine guarantee of the site’s enduring sanctity.