Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 20
नारदेन तदोक्तास्ते वालखिल्याः प्रकोपिना । गच्छंतु बटवो यूयं पर्वतं गंधमादनम्
nāradena tadoktāste vālakhilyāḥ prakopinā | gacchaṃtu baṭavo yūyaṃ parvataṃ gaṃdhamādanam
അപ്പോൾ കോപിച്ച നാരദൻ ആ വാലഖില്യരോട്—“ഹേ ബടുകന്മാരേ, നിങ്ങൾ ഗന്ധമാദനപർവതത്തിലേക്ക് പോകുവിൻ” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു.
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, deduced) quoting Nārada
Tirtha: Gandhamādana
Type: peak
Scene: Nārada, visibly stern, gestures outward commanding the small Vālakhilya sages to depart toward the distant Gandhamādana peaks; the background suggests a sacrificial ground and towering Himalaya.
FAQs
Discipline and right order are upheld even among sages; guidance can include stern correction to direct spiritual communities.
Mount Gandhamādana is explicitly named, a famed sacred mountain in Purāṇic geography.
No ritual is prescribed; it is an instruction to relocate to a sacred mountain.