Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
सूत उवाच । तथान्योऽपि च तत्रास्ति देवश्चित्रेश्वरो द्विजाः । चित्रपीठस्य मध्यस्थश्चित्रसौख्यप्रदो नृणाम्
sūta uvāca | tathānyo'pi ca tatrāsti devaścitreśvaro dvijāḥ | citrapīṭhasya madhyasthaścitrasaukhyaprado nṛṇām
Sūta nói: Tại đó nữa, hỡi các bậc nhị sinh, còn có một vị thần khác—Đức Citreśvara—ngự giữa thánh tòa Citrapīṭha và ban cho con người niềm an lạc kỳ diệu.
Sūta
Tirtha: Citrapīṭha
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijāḥ
Scene: Sūta addressing brāhmaṇas, pointing out within a sacred precinct the central shrine of Citreśvara; the pīṭha is depicted as ‘citra’—ornate, many-colored, auspicious—radiating joy.
FAQs
Sacred places have presiding deities whose darśana and worship grant tangible well-being, reflecting the Purāṇic link between geography and grace.
Citrapīṭha, with Lord Citreśvara established at its center.
Implicitly, darśana and worship of Citreśvara at Citrapīṭha as part of tīrtha practice.