Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60
पशुमुख उवाच यदाचरन्ति विद्वांसः सदा धर्मपरायणाः । तदेव विदुषा कार्यमात्मनो हितमिच्छता
paśumukha uvāca yadācaranti vidvāṃsaḥ sadā dharmaparāyaṇāḥ | tadeva viduṣā kāryamātmano hitamicchatā
பசுமுகன் கூறினான்—எப்போதும் தர்மத்தில் நிலைத்துள்ள அறிஞர்கள் எதைச் செய்கிறார்களோ, தன் உண்மையான நலனை நாடும் ஞானியும் அதையே செய்ய வேண்டும்.
Paśumukha
Scene: Paśumukha delivers a concise ethical injunction, gesturing toward a group of learned dharma-followers as exemplars; the listener is urged to imitate their practice.
FAQs
Sadācāra matters: one should model life on the practices of truly learned, dharma-centered people.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it offers general guidance within the tīrtha-narrative.
Not a single rite; the prescription is to adopt the dharmic practices upheld by the wise (vidvāṃsaḥ).