Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
सौबलेन च कर्णेन तथान्यैरपि पार्थिवैः । परिवारपरित्यक्तैस्तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे चचार सः
saubalena ca karṇena tathānyairapi pārthivaiḥ | parivāraparityaktaistasminkṣetre cacāra saḥ
ശൗബലൻ (ശകുനി), കർണ്ണൻ എന്നിവരോടും മറ്റു രാജാക്കളോടും കൂടി, രാജപരിവാരത്തെ വിട്ടുവെച്ച് അവൻ ആ പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ സഞ്ചരിച്ചു।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śakuni and Karṇa, along with other kings, walk unaccompanied by chariots or banners, carrying only essentials, moving through a sacred tract with tīrtha signposts and hermitages.
FAQs
At a tīrtha, status is softened—pilgrims relinquish display and move with simplicity to receive the kṣetra’s merit.
The kṣetra being toured in Adhyāya 72; its name is not provided in this verse alone.
A conduct-rule: parivāra-parityāga—setting aside large retinues while moving within the sacred area.