Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36
तत्र गच्छंतु देवेशा यत्र देवः सनातनः । इत्युक्त्वा ते महात्मानः सह देवैर्ययुस्तदा
tatra gacchaṃtu deveśā yatra devaḥ sanātanaḥ | ityuktvā te mahātmānaḥ saha devairyayustadā
“ഹേ ദേവേശന്മാരേ, സനാതന ദേവൻ വസിക്കുന്നിടത്തേക്ക് പോകുവിൻ.” ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ് ആ മഹാത്മാക്കൾ ദേവന്മാരോടുകൂടെ അപ്പോൾ പുറപ്പെട്ടു.
Maharṣis (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Goloka (as invoked within the narrative)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A council-like moment: great sages address the ‘lords of gods’, pointing toward a luminous direction; then a procession of devas and maharṣis sets out on a radiant sky-path.
FAQs
Right direction comes from dharmic counsel; pilgrimage (yātrā) begins with correct guidance toward the Lord’s abode.
The destination is introduced as the place where the Sanātana Deva resides; the narrative soon specifies it as Goloka.
No explicit prescription; it frames a yātrā (journey) undertaken in the company of sages and devas.