Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
प्रणम्य मुनिसंघेभ्यः प्रययौ रिपुविग्रहे । ताम्रवत्यां नगर्यां च शंखं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्
praṇamya munisaṃghebhyaḥ prayayau ripuvigrahe | tāmravatyāṃ nagaryāṃ ca śaṃkhaṃ dadhmau pratāpavān
முனிவர்க் கூட்டத்தாரை வணங்கி, அவன் பகைவருடன் போருக்குப் புறப்பட்டான். தாம்ரவதீ நகரில் அந்தப் பெருந்திறலான் சங்கம் ஊதினான்॥
Deductive (Nāgara-khaṇḍa narrative voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)
Tirtha: Tāmravatī
Type: kshetra
Listener: muni (addressed implicitly by later 'amune')
Scene: A radiant hero bows to an assembly of seated sages beneath trees/āśrama canopies, then strides toward a fortified city labeled Tāmravatī; atop a chariot or on foot he raises a white conch and blows, sending visible sound-waves across the skyline.
FAQs
Reverence to sages precedes righteous action; dharma-yuddha is undertaken only after honoring spiritual authority.
Tāmravatī (the city/region) is explicitly named and becomes the sacred stage for the ensuing events.
No explicit prescription; the act of bowing to sages is an implied dhārmic observance.
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