Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36
एवं तौ संविदं कृत्वा ययतुर्ब्राह्मणोत्तमाः । हट्टमार्गे गतौ तत्र यत्र षंढो व्यव स्थितः
evaṃ tau saṃvidaṃ kṛtvā yayaturbrāhmaṇottamāḥ | haṭṭamārge gatau tatra yatra ṣaṃḍho vyava sthitaḥ
So trafen jene vortrefflichen Brāhmaṇas eine Abmachung und brachen auf. Sie gingen die Marktstraße entlang zu dem Ort, wo der Eunuch seinen Posten hatte.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating
Scene: Two brāhmaṇas walk along a bustling market street toward a spot where a ṣaṇḍha (eunuch) stands stationed, suggesting a threshold encounter in a public thoroughfare.
FAQs
Pilgrimage narratives often begin with resolve and right intention—agreement and purposeful movement toward the next karmic turning point.
This verse is within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya framework; the precise tīrtha name is not stated in this single verse.
None in this verse; it sets the scene by describing movement through the market street.