Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
एवमुक्त्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठाः स मुनिर्ब्रह्मसंभवः । विरराम ततो हृष्टस्तीर्थयात्रां गतो द्रुतम्
evamuktvā dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ sa munirbrahmasaṃbhavaḥ | virarāma tato hṛṣṭastīrthayātrāṃ gato drutam
فلما قال ذلك، يا خيرَ ذوي الميلادين، سكت ذلك الحكيمُ المولودُ من براهما؛ ثم وهو مسرورٌ انطلق سريعًا في رحلة حجٍّ إلى التيـرثات.
Narrator (within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya frame); identifies the prior speaker as Brahmasaṃbhava Muni
Listener: dvija-śreṣṭhāḥ (addressed audience)
Scene: A Brahmā-born sage concludes his discourse before attentive brāhmaṇas, then rises with joy, staff and water-pot in hand, setting out swiftly toward a chain of sacred fords.
FAQs
Teaching about tīrtha-dharma culminates in action: the sage himself undertakes pilgrimage, modeling lived sacred practice.
The immediate passage centers on Rudrāvarta/Mahāyogipura; this verse serves as the closing narrative transition.
Tīrtha-yātrā (undertaking pilgrimage) is implicitly commended by the sage’s example.