Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
नंदिवर्धन इत्येष द्वितीयः परिकीर्तितः । वसिष्ठाश्रमजो रन्ध्रस्ते न कृत्स्नः प्रपूरितः
naṃdivardhana ityeṣa dvitīyaḥ parikīrtitaḥ | vasiṣṭhāśramajo randhraste na kṛtsnaḥ prapūritaḥ
La seconde montagne est célébrée sous le nom de Nandivardhana. La fissure reliée à l’āśrama de Vasiṣṭha n’a pas encore été entièrement comblée.
Unnamed narrator (contextual voice within the Sūta-led narration)
Tirtha: Nandivardhana
Type: peak
Scene: A forested mountain named Nandivardhana rises near Vasiṣṭha’s hermitage; a visible cleft in rock leads toward the āśrama, shown as not fully sealed—like a sacred scar in the earth.
FAQs
Sacred places are mapped through ṛṣi-associations; the hermitage of a sage sanctifies the very features of the land.
The chapter’s tīrtha-complex (around Nāga-bila/Hāṭakeśvara) is praised, with Vasiṣṭha’s āśrama serving as a sanctifying landmark.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse identifies sacred topography tied to Vasiṣṭha.