Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73
तस्मादुदङ्मुखो गच्छ यत्र ते जलपक्षिणः । दृश्यंते व्योममार्गेण प्रगच्छतः समंततः
tasmādudaṅmukho gaccha yatra te jalapakṣiṇaḥ | dṛśyaṃte vyomamārgeṇa pragacchataḥ samaṃtataḥ
সেয়ে উত্তৰমুখী হৈ আগবাঢ়া, য’ত সেই জলপক্ষীবোৰ দেখা যায়। সিহঁতে আকাশপথে গতি কৰি চাৰিওফালে উৰি ফুৰে।
Māṃsāda (implied continuation)
Listener: Mahārāja (king)
Scene: A guide instructs the king to walk facing north; overhead, flocks of water-birds wheel across the sky, indicating the direction toward the reservoir.
FAQs
In tīrtha narratives, nature itself becomes a guide—signs like birds and directions lead seekers toward sanctified spaces.
The verse points toward a lake-region indicated by water-birds; the tīrtha name is not specified here.
No direct ritual is given; it provides route guidance (go north) as part of the pilgrimage storyline.
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