Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62
ऐरावतेन विहितो नागानां गमनाय च । उत्तरेण च मार्गोयं येन यातुं भवान्स्थितः
airāvatena vihito nāgānāṃ gamanāya ca | uttareṇa ca mārgoyaṃ yena yātuṃ bhavānsthitaḥ
Este camino fue dispuesto por Airāvata para el tránsito de los Nāgas. Ésta es la ruta hacia el norte, por la cual ahora estás dispuesto a avanzar.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Type: peak
Listener: Addressed traveler/pilgrim figure (bhavān)
Scene: Airāvata Nāga consecrates a northern road; a traveler stands poised to depart, staff in hand, facing a luminous path toward distant mountains/riverlands.
FAQs
Right direction and right guidance are part of dharma; even travel becomes sacred when aligned to tīrtha.
The verse emphasizes the northern route itself; the specific destination is implied by the surrounding passage rather than named here.
None; it is a navigational-sacral instruction about the uttara-mārga.