Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
। सूत उवाच । अगस्त्यस्याश्रमोऽन्योस्ति तथा तत्र द्विजोत्तमाः । यत्र तिष्ठति विश्वात्मा स्वयं देवो महेश्वरः
| sūta uvāca | agastyasyāśramo'nyosti tathā tatra dvijottamāḥ | yatra tiṣṭhati viśvātmā svayaṃ devo maheśvaraḥ
Sūta nói: Hỡi các bậc tối thượng trong hàng nhị sinh, còn có một đạo tràng khác của Agastya, nơi Đại Tự Tại Maheśvara—Đại Ngã của vũ trụ—đích thân ngự trị.
Sūta
Tirtha: Agastya-āśrama (another hermitage)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija-uttama(s) (assembled sages/brāhmaṇas)
Scene: A forest hermitage with Agastya’s hut and a sacred grove; Śiva appears or is felt as an immediate presence—either as a luminous ascetic form or as a liṅga radiating within the āśrama.
FAQs
A tīrtha becomes supremely sacred where the Lord is present; divine presence sanctifies geography and practice.
Agastya’s hermitage (Agastya-āśrama) presented as a sacred locus where Maheśvara abides.
None in this verse; it introduces the site and its defining sanctity (Śiva’s presence).