Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55
सूत उवाच । श्वेतद्वीपः समानीतो विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना । तत्क्षेत्रे कलिभीतेन यथा शौक्ल्यं न संत्यजेत्
sūta uvāca | śvetadvīpaḥ samānīto viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā | tatkṣetre kalibhītena yathā śauklyaṃ na saṃtyajet
سوت نے کہا: “شویت دویپ کو یہاں وشنو، اس قادرِ مطلق پرمیشور نے لے آیا، تاکہ اس مقدّس کْشَیتر میں کَلی کے خوف سے اس کی سفیدی (پاکیزگی) کبھی ترک نہ ہو۔”
Sūta
Tirtha: Śuklatīrtha (Śvetadvīpa-established zone)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: Viṣṇu, radiant and all-powerful, mystically transporting or manifesting Śvetadvīpa into a terrestrial sacred region; the landscape turns luminous white; Kali’s shadow recedes at the boundary.
FAQs
Divine power safeguards sacred purity against the corrupting influence of Kali-yuga.
Śuklatīrtha is explained through the motif of Śvetadvīpa’s preserved ‘whiteness’ (śauklya).
None directly; it provides the mythic foundation for the tīrtha’s sanctity.