Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
सूत उवाच । तस्य पीठस्य माहात्म्यं वक्तुं नो शक्यते द्विजाः । सहस्रेणापि वर्षाणां मुखानामयुतैरपि
sūta uvāca | tasya pīṭhasya māhātmyaṃ vaktuṃ no śakyate dvijāḥ | sahasreṇāpi varṣāṇāṃ mukhānāmayutairapi
Sūta thưa: “Hỡi các bậc nhị sinh, sự vĩ đại của tòa thánh ấy không thể nói cho trọn—dẫu có nói suốt ngàn năm, dẫu có hàng vạn miệng cũng không thể kể hết.”
Sūta
Tirtha: Citreśvara-pīṭha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvāijāḥ/Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: Sūta, composed and authoritative, raises a hand in gentle restraint, indicating the immeasurable greatness of Citreśvara; sages listen in awe.
FAQs
Some tīrthas/pīṭhas are portrayed as so spiritually potent that their merit exceeds the limits of ordinary description, inspiring श्रद्धा (faith) and pilgrimage.
A particular pīṭha within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (the immediate verses continue its praise, though the site-name is not stated in this single śloka).
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse establishes the incomparable greatness of the pīṭha as the basis for later practices (japa, etc.).