Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
तस्मादाज्ञापयस्वाद्य कृत्वा चित्तं दृढं विभो । भूयोऽप्यत्रागमिष्यामस्तव दर्शनलालसाः
tasmādājñāpayasvādya kṛtvā cittaṃ dṛḍhaṃ vibho | bhūyo'pyatrāgamiṣyāmastava darśanalālasāḥ
അതുകൊണ്ട്, ഹേ പ്രഭോ, ഇന്ന് ദൃഢചിത്തനായി ആജ്ഞ നൽകണമേ. നിന്റെ ദർശനാനുഗ്രഹം ആഗ്രഹിച്ച് ഞങ്ങൾ വീണ്ടും ഇവിടെ വരും.
Likely the Kuru-Pāṇḍava party addressing Vibhu/Acyuta (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A group of royal pilgrims, hands folded, petition a radiant Lord for permission; faces show longing and humility, suggesting imminent departure to a famed kṣetra.
FAQs
Sacred actions are ideally begun with divine sanction and inner steadiness, while maintaining longing for repeated darśana.
The verse centers on requesting permission and promising return; the tīrtha is the same kṣetra described in this chapter.
No explicit rite is detailed; the implied dharma is to seek the Lord’s approval before undertaking a major religious journey and consecration.