Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
एवं संचिन्त्य चित्तेन बहुधा तीक्ष्णदीधितिः । जगाम मनसा भीतः सोऽगस्त्यं मुनिपुंगवम्
evaṃ saṃcintya cittena bahudhā tīkṣṇadīdhitiḥ | jagāma manasā bhītaḥ so'gastyaṃ munipuṃgavam
এইদৰে বহু প্ৰকাৰ চিন্তা কৰি, তীক্ষ্ণ কিৰণধাৰী সূৰ্য অন্তৰত ভীত হৈ, মনতে মুনিশ্ৰেষ্ঠ অগস্ত্যৰ শৰণ ল’লে।
Narrator
Tirtha: Agastya-āśrama (invoked)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sūrya, rays sharp yet subdued by fear, closes his eyes; a luminous thought-form of Agastya appears—small in stature, radiant with tapas, seated by a riverbank with kamandalu and staff.
FAQs
When order is threatened, refuge is sought in realized sages; rishis embody dharma that stabilizes the world.
Agastya’s āśrama tradition is invoked as part of sacred geography; the verse prepares for the āśrama locale mentioned next.
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