Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 1
शौनक उवाच । सूत श्रुता पुरास्माभिरुत्पत्तिर्गणपस्य च । क्षेत्रनाथः कथं जज्ञे वदैतच्छृण्वतां हि नः
śaunaka uvāca | sūta śrutā purāsmābhirutpattirgaṇapasya ca | kṣetranāthaḥ kathaṃ jajñe vadaitacchṛṇvatāṃ hi naḥ
圣者绍那迦说道：“噢，苏多啊，我们先前已听闻伽那帕（象头神伽内沙）的诞生。如今请你宣说：圣域之主——刹特罗那他（Kṣetranātha）是如何出现的？愿为我等聆听者详加开示。”
Śaunaka
Tirtha: Kṣetranātha (as kṣetra-presiding lord)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka
Scene: In Naimiṣāraṇya, Śaunaka respectfully questions Sūta; sages sit in a circle, sacrificial fire in the center, the topic shifts from Gaṇeśa’s birth to the origin of Kṣetranātha.
FAQs
Sacred places (kṣetras) are protected by presiding divinities; knowing their origin strengthens reverence and right conduct within a holy domain.
No single tīrtha is specified in this verse; the focus is on the concept of a kṣetra and its guardian lord (Kṣetranātha).
None; it is a question initiating the narrative.