Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 86
एकश्चरणयोर्न्यस्तो वामः पर्वतरोधसि । द्वितीयेन समारूढा तस्यागस्य तथोपरि
ekaścaraṇayornyasto vāmaḥ parvatarodhasi | dvitīyena samārūḍhā tasyāgasya tathopari
Posant son pied gauche sur le flanc de la montagne, et de l’autre elle monta—gravissant aussi cette arête.
Sūta (continued narration from 192.83-84)
Tirtha: Sāvitrī-pada (left footprint)
Type: peak
Scene: A goddess climbs a rugged ridge: left foot planted on the slope, the other stepping up over a rocky crest; the moment freezes into a sacred footprint on stone.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is portrayed as effortful ascent—outer movement reflecting inner resolve and the search for dharmic space.
The verse depicts approach through mountainous terrain; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single shloka.
None; it is a travel/action description within the tīrtha-narrative arc.