Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
कियत्यपि च गोत्राणि चमत्कारपुरोत्तमे । स्थापितानि सुभक्तेन तेनानर्तेन सूतज
kiyatyapi ca gotrāṇi camatkārapurottame | sthāpitāni subhaktena tenānartena sūtaja
“اے سوت کے بیٹے! اس بہترین شہر چمتکار میں کتنے گوتر قائم کیے گئے—اُس بھکت اَنرت راجا کے ہاتھوں؟”
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Camatkāra-pura (as a sacralized urban kṣetra hosting multiple gotras and Śiva-sites)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta (Sūtaja)
Scene: A panoramic city scene: Camatkāra with gates, temples, and water tanks; the Ānarta ruler (devoted patron) overseeing installation of brāhmaṇa households and gotra banners; priests consecrating shrines.
FAQs
Royal power becomes dharmic when used to establish sacred communities and support the continuity of brāhmaṇic lineages.
Camatkārapura is highlighted as an ‘excellent city’ connected with tīrtha and devotional foundations.
No explicit rite; the focus is on establishment (sthāpana) of gotras/community as a dharmic act.