Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40
अगस्त्योऽपि समासाद्य तस्यांतं दक्षिणं द्विजाः । त्वयैवं संस्थितेनाथ स्थातव्यमित्युवाच तम्
agastyo'pi samāsādya tasyāṃtaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ dvijāḥ | tvayaivaṃ saṃsthitenātha sthātavyamityuvāca tam
O Brāhmaṇas, auch Agastya gelangte an sein südliches Ende und sprach zu ihm: „Da du so stehst, sollst du eben so fest verbleiben.“
Narrator (addressing dvijāḥ)
Tirtha: Vindhya-maryādā (mythic boundary-point)
Type: peak
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ/viprāḥ)
Scene: Agastya, small in stature yet radiant, stands at the southern end of Vindhya and issues a firm command; the mountain listens like a disciplined subject.
FAQs
Dharma is maintained through steadfastness: once corrected, one should remain firm in right order.
Not a named tīrtha; the verse situates the narrative in the southern direction and supports the larger tīrtha framework.
None explicitly.