Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72
ईदृक्क्षेत्रप्रभावोऽयं सौभ्रात्रेण विवर्जितः । पंचक्रोशात्मके क्षेत्रे ये वसन्त्यत्र लक्ष्मण
īdṛkkṣetraprabhāvo'yaṃ saubhrātreṇa vivarjitaḥ | paṃcakrośātmake kṣetre ye vasantyatra lakṣmaṇa
اس مقدس علاقے کی تاثیر ایسی ہے کہ یہاں بھائی چارے کی محبت سے خالی ہو جاتا ہے۔ جو لوگ یہاں رہتے ہیں، اے لکشمن، اس پانچ کروش کے مقدس احاطے میں—
Unspecified (a revered narrator/teacher addressing Lakṣmaṇa within the Tīrthamāhātmya context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Lakṣmaṇa
Scene: A wide view of a sacred precinct marked by boundary shrines or stones; pilgrims at the threshold; an unseen force subtly cooling affectionate gestures between companions; the teacher points out the kṣetra’s peculiar power to Lakṣmaṇa.
FAQs
A kṣetra can shape human dispositions; spiritual landscapes are portrayed as exerting moral-psychological influence.
A pañcakrośa (five-krośa) sacred kṣetra is being described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Adhyāya 20; the exact toponym is not given in this verse alone.
No direct rite is stated here; it introduces the distinctive ‘kṣetra-prabhāva’ (site-effect) doctrine.