Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
आदेशो दीयतामस्य दुःखं कर्तुं च नार्हसि । अवश्यं यदि भक्तोऽसि तत्र प्रेषय सत्वरम्
ādeśo dīyatāmasya duḥkhaṃ kartuṃ ca nārhasi | avaśyaṃ yadi bhakto'si tatra preṣaya satvaram
त्याला आज्ञा द्या; त्याला दुःख देणे योग्य नाही. जर तू या कर्तव्यात खरोखर भक्त असशील, तर त्याला तेथे त्वरित पाठव.
Vasiṣṭha
Tirtha: Arbuda (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: The personified great mountain/authority figure addressed
Scene: Vasiṣṭha instructs the mountain-king to issue orders; Nandivardhana/Arbuda stands ready; the sage’s raised hand signals urgency tempered by compassion.
FAQs
Devotion to dharma includes promptness and compassion—one should act swiftly without inflicting needless suffering.
No tīrtha is named; the instruction serves the broader Arbuda-khaṇḍa sacred mission.
None; it is an ethical injunction to issue orders and dispatch assistance.