Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
न्यंकुमत्यर्णवोपेते ततः पूर्वमनु व्रजेत् । अगस्तेराश्रमं दिव्यं क्षुधाहरमितिस्मृतम्
nyaṃkumatyarṇavopete tataḥ pūrvamanu vrajet | agasterāśramaṃ divyaṃ kṣudhāharamitismṛtam
Then, near where the Nyaṅkumatī meets the ocean, one should proceed eastward and go to the radiant hermitage (āśrama) of Agastya, remembered as “the remover of hunger.”
Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing instruction)
Tirtha: Nyaṅkumatī-sāgara-saṅgama and Agastya-āśrama
Type: sangam
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience; narrative soon shifts to Devī’s questioning
Scene: A river named Nyaṅkumatī widens into the sea; pilgrims turn east along a sandy-green bank toward a luminous hermitage with thatched huts, sacrificial fire, and Agastya seated, radiating calm; offerings of fruits and water are carried.
FAQs
Pilgrimage includes not only temples and rivers but also ṛṣi-āśramas, where ascetic power supports the pilgrim’s welfare.
Agastya’s divine hermitage near the Nyaṅkumatī–ocean meeting region in Prabhāsa kṣetra.
A yātrā instruction: proceed eastward and visit Agastya’s āśrama (darśana/visit implied).