Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
तन्मुक्तिक्षेत्रमाज्ञाय गमनाय मतिं दधे । सोतीत्य नगरग्रामानुद्यानानि वनानि च
tanmuktikṣetramājñāya gamanāya matiṃ dadhe | sotītya nagaragrāmānudyānāni vanāni ca
اس سرزمین کو نجات بخش مقدس کشترا جان کر اس نے روانگی کا ارادہ باندھا۔ پھر وہ شہروں، دیہاتوں، باغوں اور جنگلوں کو پار کرتا ہوا آگے بڑھتا گیا۔
Deductive (Dvārakā Māhātmya narration; traditionally Sūta speaking to the sages)
Tirtha: Dvārakā mukti-kṣetra (with Cakratīrtha as focal tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied audience; prior address to dvijāḥ continues contextually
Scene: The sage, having understood the place as a liberation-giving kṣetra, sets out; a travel montage shows him moving past towns, villages, gardens, and forests toward the sacred coast.
FAQs
Recognizing a true mokṣa-kṣetra inspires decisive renunciation and purposeful pilgrimage.
The verse points generally to a mukti-kṣetra within the Dvārakā Māhātmya setting, leading into the Cakratīrtha episode later in the chapter.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is on resolving to undertake the pilgrimage.