Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
सूत उवाच । ऋचीकोऽपि समादाय पुरुषैराप्तकारिभिः । तानश्वान्प्रजगामाथ यत्र गाधिर्व्यवस्थितः
sūta uvāca | ṛcīko'pi samādāya puruṣairāptakāribhiḥ | tānaśvānprajagāmātha yatra gādhirvyavasthitaḥ
সূতে ক’লে: ঋচীক মুনিও সক্ষম সহায়কৰ সৈতে সেই অশ্বসমূহ গ্ৰহণ কৰি, য’ত গাধি ৰজা অৱস্থিত আছিল, তাত গমন কৰিলে।
Sūta
Scene: Ṛcīka, accompanied by capable attendants, leads a group of splendid horses on a journey toward King Gādhi’s residence; the moment is poised before a royal audience.
FAQs
Dharma is completed through follow-through—after attaining the means, one must fulfill the promised obligation.
The episode is anchored in the Aśvatīrtha/Kānyakubja–Gaṅgā setting established in the prior chapter.
None; it narrates the practical completion of the vow by transporting the obtained horses.
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