Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45
सूत उवाच । बाढमित्येव तैरुक्तो दाशार्हः पांडुनंदनः । तेषां तद्भारमावेश्य प्रशांतेनांतरात्मना । ययौ तीर्थानि चान्यानि कृतकृत्यस्ततः परम्
sūta uvāca | bāḍhamityeva tairukto dāśārhaḥ pāṃḍunaṃdanaḥ | teṣāṃ tadbhāramāveśya praśāṃtenāṃtarātmanā | yayau tīrthāni cānyāni kṛtakṛtyastataḥ param
Sūta sprach: Als sie zu ihm sagten: „So sei es!“, nahm der Dāśārha, der Sohn Pāṇḍus, ihre Aufgabe auf sich. Mit beruhigtem innerem Selbst und nachdem er sein Ziel erfüllt hatte, zog er daraufhin zu anderen Tīrthas, zu weiteren heiligen Furten.
Sūta
Tirtha: Vāsudeva-kṣetra (departure point) and other tīrthas (unspecified)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (standard Sūta frame; implied)
Scene: Sūta narrates as the Pāṇḍu-nandana (a Pāṇḍava) respectfully accepts a charge from local devotees/elders, then departs with composed mind toward a chain of tīrthas; travel imagery with staff, attendants, and distant shrines.
FAQs
Having completed one sacred duty with inner peace, the pilgrim continues onward—tīrtha-yātrā is portrayed as purposeful and dharmic.
The narrative transitions from the chapter’s highlighted Cakrapāṇi/Badarī-related tīrtha to other tīrthas, indicating a broader pilgrimage circuit.
No direct rite; it describes assuming a duty (bhāra) and proceeding on tīrtha-yātrā after fulfilling obligations.