Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63
यात्राकाले पुमान्यश्च ताभ्यां पूजां समाचरेत् । स वांछितफलं प्राप्य शीघ्रं स्वगृहमाप्नुयात्
yātrākāle pumānyaśca tābhyāṃ pūjāṃ samācaret | sa vāṃchitaphalaṃ prāpya śīghraṃ svagṛhamāpnuyāt
Dan siapa pun yang pada saat hendak berangkat perjalanan melakukan pemujaan kepada keduanya dengan tata cara yang patut, ia meraih buah yang diinginkan dan segera kembali ke rumahnya.
Sūta (continued narration context)
Tirtha: Ambāvṛddhā (Mahodaya-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A traveler, staff in hand and bundle packed, offers a lamp and flowers to two guardian figures at the city gate-shrine; the road stretches outward while a protective aura surrounds the traveler, foreshadowing successful return.
FAQs
Undertake travel with remembrance and worship of the kṣetra’s divinities; sacred orientation protects one’s path and purpose.
The instruction belongs to the Ambāvṛddhā kṣetra setting within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
Perform pūjā to the two deities before departing on a journey to gain desired outcomes and safe return.