Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
अत्रागस्त्यो मुनिश्रेष्ठस्तिष्ठते रघुनंदन । तं गत्वा पश्य विप्रेन्द्र मित्रावरुणसंभवम्
atrāgastyo muniśreṣṭhastiṣṭhate raghunaṃdana | taṃ gatvā paśya viprendra mitrāvaruṇasaṃbhavam
«Ici demeure Agastya, le plus éminent des sages, ô joie de la lignée de Raghu. Va vers lui et contemple ce meilleur des brāhmaṇas, né de Mitra et de Varuṇa.»
Unspecified narrator within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual voice addressing Rāma)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brāhmaṇas point out Agastya’s abode to Rāma; the name ‘Mitra-Varuṇa-sambhava’ evokes a luminous, oceanic-cosmic aura around the sage’s identity.
FAQs
Seek darśana of realized sages; their presence sanctifies a place and guides dharma.
The verse highlights the sanctity of the locale where Sage Agastya resides (a tīrtha-space defined by ṛṣi-sannidhi).
No explicit rite is stated; the implied practice is ṛṣi-darśana (going to and beholding the sage with reverence).