Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58
इत्युक्त्वा दक्षिणामाशां सनाथामकरोन्मुनिः । निजैश्चरणविन्यासैस्तया साध्व्या तपोनिधिः
ityuktvā dakṣiṇāmāśāṃ sanāthāmakaronmuniḥ | nijaiścaraṇavinyāsaistayā sādhvyā taponidhiḥ
Tendo assim falado, o sábio fez com que o quadrante do sul ficasse amparado por um protetor. Esse tesouro de austeridade prosseguiu com seus próprios passos, acompanhado por aquela dama virtuosa.
Skanda (deduced narrator)
Tirtha: Dakṣiṇāpatha (as sanctified by Agastya’s passage)
Type: kshetra
Listener: (Audience, implicit)
Scene: Agastya strides southward, the southern direction personified as newly protected; beside him walks his virtuous wife, while the path opens under his footprints.
FAQs
The movement of a dharmic sage sanctifies space; righteousness itself becomes protection for the world.
No single tīrtha is named; the verse frames the South as spiritually ‘secured’ by Agastya’s presence.
None explicitly; it implies the merit of accompanying the righteous and undertaking pilgrim-journeys in a dharmic way.