Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45
तव वाक्यान्मया त्यक्तः स्वाश्रमस्तीक्ष्णदी धिते । तवार्थे च न गंतव्यं भूयस्तत्र कथंचन
tava vākyānmayā tyaktaḥ svāśramastīkṣṇadī dhite | tavārthe ca na gaṃtavyaṃ bhūyastatra kathaṃcana
तव वाक्येन मया स्वाश्रमः परित्यक्तः, तीक्ष्णदीधिते। तव हेतोः पुनस्तत्र गन्तुं मम न युक्तं कदाचन कथञ्चन।
Agastya (addressing Sūrya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūrya (Bhānu)
Scene: A sage, radiant with tapas, speaks firmly to the Sun-god; behind him a simple forest hermitage stands as the symbol of what has been abandoned, while the tirtha’s sanctified ground is implied as the new center of dharma.
FAQs
Steadfastness in a chosen dharmic course: once renunciation is undertaken for a higher purpose, one should not relapse into former attachments.
No named tīrtha is specified in this line; it reinforces the pilgrimage-oriented narrative by highlighting Agastya’s decisive movement.
None directly; it speaks of leaving an āśrama and a firm resolve not to return.