Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58
सूत उवाच । तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा विश्वामित्रो मुनीश्वरः । त्रिशंकुना समायुक्तो गतस्तत्र द्रुतं ततः
sūta uvāca | tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā viśvāmitro munīśvaraḥ | triśaṃkunā samāyukto gatastatra drutaṃ tataḥ
スータは語った。かの言葉を聞くや、牟尼の主ヴィシュヴァーミトラはトリシャンクを伴い、ただちにその地へと急ぎ赴いた。
Sūta
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara / Pātāla-Jāhnavī tīrtha (destination)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages
Scene: Sūta narrates as Viśvāmitra, radiant with ascetic power, leads Triśaṅku on a swift pilgrimage toward a mysterious sacred entrance.
FAQs
Holy counsel should be acted upon promptly; approaching a tīrtha under a sage’s guidance leads toward purification and merit.
The destination is the tīrtha connected with Hāṭakeśvara described in this Adhyāya’s narrative.
No explicit rite here; it sets the narrative action of going to the sacred site.