Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य सर्वे ते हृष्टमानसाः । गंतुं प्रवृत्ताः सहसा कोटिसंख्यास्तपोधनाः
etacchrutvā vacastasya sarve te hṛṣṭamānasāḥ | gaṃtuṃ pravṛttāḥ sahasā koṭisaṃkhyāstapodhanāḥ
ពេលបានស្តាប់ព្រះបន្ទូលរបស់ព្រះអង្គ ព្រះឥសីទាំងអស់—អ្នកសម្បូរតបស្យា—មានចិត្តរីករាយ ហើយភ្លាមៗបានចេញដំណើរទៅ ដោយមានចំនួនដល់កោដិៗ។
Narrator (contextual purāṇic narration)
Tirtha: Kubera-āśrama (destination)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame)
Scene: A vast procession of ascetics—matted hair, staffs, waterpots—setting out swiftly, faces bright with purpose; dust rises on the path toward a forest hermitage.
FAQs
When sacred instruction is received, prompt and joyful action in dharma (such as tīrtha-yātrā and darśana) is praised.
The journey is toward Kubera’s Āśrama in the Prabhāsa sacred region.
No specific rite; it emphasizes immediate undertaking of the pilgrimage.