Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
अथ सा तं प्रणम्योच्चैः प्रस्थिता धरणीतलम् । वसंतेन समायुक्ता जाबालिर्यत्र तिष्ठति
atha sā taṃ praṇamyoccaiḥ prasthitā dharaṇītalam | vasaṃtena samāyuktā jābāliryatra tiṣṭhati
Darauf verneigte sie sich ehrfürchtig vor ihm und brach auf über die Erde, vom Frühling begleitet, zu dem Ort, wo Jābāli verweilte.
Narrator (contextual)
Scene: Rambhā bows respectfully, then departs to earth with Vasantā; the scene shifts from celestial court to a forested hermitage landscape where Jābāli dwells.
FAQs
Approaching a holy person and holy place sets the stage for testing and revealing inner dispositions—purity is proven in proximity to sacredness.
The verse indicates Jābāli’s locale as the sacred setting, but does not name the tīrtha explicitly in this line.
None directly; it narrates travel and arrival at the sage’s place.