Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य शतानन्दश्च तत्सुतः । स तामन्वेषमाणस्तु तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे समागतः । मातृस्नेह परीतात्मा तीर्थान्वेषणतत्परः
kasyacittvatha kālasya śatānandaśca tatsutaḥ | sa tāmanveṣamāṇastu tasminkṣetre samāgataḥ | mātṛsneha parītātmā tīrthānveṣaṇatatparaḥ
پھر کچھ مدت کے بعد اس کا بیٹا شتانند اسے ڈھونڈتا ہوا اسی مقدّس کھیتر میں آ پہنچا؛ ماں کی محبت سے لبریز دل کے ساتھ، اور تیرتھوں کی جستجو میں مشغول۔
Narrator (within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Kṣetra of Hāṭakeśvara (with multiple tīrthas)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śatānanda enters the sacred field, scanning for his mother; pilgrims and tīrtha markers appear in the background, conveying purposeful travel and anxious devotion.
FAQs
Pilgrimage and sacred seeking are intertwined with dharma in family life—devotion includes compassion and responsibility.
The verse situates the story in the kṣetra of this Tīrthamāhātmya, the same field associated with Hāṭakeśvara.
Tīrtha-anveṣaṇa (seeking and visiting sacred waters/sites) is implied as a devotional practice.