Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 85
भारद्वाजाश्रमे रामः सगणः समु पाविशत् । नंदिग्रामे तु षष्ठ्यां स पुष्पकेण समागतः
bhāradvājāśrame rāmaḥ sagaṇaḥ samu pāviśat | naṃdigrāme tu ṣaṣṭhyāṃ sa puṣpakeṇa samāgataḥ
Rāma trat mit seinem Gefolge in den Āśrama des Bhāradvāja ein. Und am sechsten Tithi gelangte er auf dem Puṣpaka (Vimāna) nach Nandigrāma.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa; exact speaker not in snippet)
Tirtha: Bhāradvāja-āśrama; Nandigrāma
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rāma and his companions enter Bhāradvāja’s serene hermitage; later, the Puṣpaka descends at Nandigrāma where Bharata’s austere camp awaits—simple sandals on a throne-like seat implied.
FAQs
Holy places and sages’ hermitages are woven into dharmic history, showing the continuity of kingship with ṛṣi-guidance.
Bhāradvāja’s āśrama and Nandigrāma are mentioned as sacred locales associated with Rāma’s return.
No explicit ritual instruction is given.