Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63
यात्राकाले पुमान्यश्च ताभ्यां पूजां समाचरेत् । स वांछितफलं प्राप्य शीघ्रं स्वगृहमाप्नुयात्
yātrākāle pumānyaśca tābhyāṃ pūjāṃ samācaret | sa vāṃchitaphalaṃ prāpya śīghraṃ svagṛhamāpnuyāt
യാത്ര പുറപ്പെടുന്ന സമയത്ത് ആ രണ്ടുപേര്ക്ക് വിധിപൂർവ്വം പൂജ ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ ഇഷ്ടഫലം പ്രാപിച്ച് വേഗത്തിൽ സ്വന്തം വീട്ടിലെത്തും।
Sūta (continued narration context)
Tirtha: Ambāvṛddhā (Mahodaya-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A traveler, staff in hand and bundle packed, offers a lamp and flowers to two guardian figures at the city gate-shrine; the road stretches outward while a protective aura surrounds the traveler, foreshadowing successful return.
FAQs
Undertake travel with remembrance and worship of the kṣetra’s divinities; sacred orientation protects one’s path and purpose.
The instruction belongs to the Ambāvṛddhā kṣetra setting within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
Perform pūjā to the two deities before departing on a journey to gain desired outcomes and safe return.