Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
अस्पृष्टं कलिना स्थानं किंचि द्वद बृहस्पते । समाश्रयाय तीर्थानां यदि वेत्सि जगत्त्रये
aspṛṣṭaṃ kalinā sthānaṃ kiṃci dvada bṛhaspate | samāśrayāya tīrthānāṃ yadi vetsi jagattraye
Ôi Bṛhaspati, xin hãy nói cho chúng con một nơi không bị Kali chạm đến, để làm chốn nương chung cho các tīrtha—nếu ngài biết trong ba cõi.
Indra (Śakra/Śatakratu) addressing Bṛhaspati
Type: kshetra
Scene: Indra respectfully petitions Bṛhaspati: ‘Tell us a place untouched by Kali, a common refuge for tīrthas, if you know it in the three worlds.’
FAQs
To preserve holiness in a corrupt age, one must seek and uphold protected centers of dharma.
Not yet named; the verse asks for the identification of such a place.
None directly; the concern is the continued efficacy of tīrthas (tīrtha-prabhāva) in Kali-yuga.