Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 146
एवं महोत्सवे तत्र वर्तमाने महोदये । आगतो बहुभिः सार्धमहं यौवनगर्वितः
evaṃ mahotsave tatra vartamāne mahodaye | āgato bahubhiḥ sārdhamahaṃ yauvanagarvitaḥ
அந்த மகோৎসவம் நடைபெற்று, மிகுந்த சுபோதயம் விளங்கிய வேளையில், நானும் பலருடன் அங்கு வந்தேன்—இளமைப் பெருமிதத்தில் மிதந்தவனாய்।
An unnamed man (confessing youthful pride)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A youthful traveler with attendants enters a bustling sacred festival: flags, lamps, crowds of ascetics; the youth’s posture shows confidence edging into self-awareness; the sacred precinct glows with auspicious light (mahodaya).
FAQs
Pilgrimage becomes spiritually fruitful when pride is relinquished; ego can distort one’s approach even to sacred festivals.
The verse situates the narrator at a major sacred festival connected to Śiva; the exact site is established by the chapter’s broader narrative.
None explicitly; it emphasizes inner preparation—humility—while joining a yātrā/mahotsava.