Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
स एवं निश्चयं कृत्वा नंदिवर्धनमुक्तवान् । गच्छ त्वं पुत्र मे वाक्याद्वसिष्ठस्याश्रमं प्रति
sa evaṃ niścayaṃ kṛtvā naṃdivardhanamuktavān | gaccha tvaṃ putra me vākyādvasiṣṭhasyāśramaṃ prati
असा निश्चय करून तो नंदिवर्धनास म्हणाला—“पुत्रा, माझ्या आज्ञेने वसिष्ठांच्या आश्रमाकडे जा.”
Himavān (in Sūta’s narration)
Tirtha: Vasiṣṭhāśrama (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame)
Scene: Himavān, having decided, addresses Nandivardhana with paternal authority, sending him toward Vasiṣṭha’s hermitage; the path leads through forests toward a serene āśrama.
FAQs
Right decision culminates in right action—honoring sages and executing duty promptly is upheld as dharma.
Vasiṣṭha’s āśrama is referenced as a sacred locus, though no named tīrtha is specified in this verse.
None; it is a command to proceed to the sage’s hermitage.