Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
नंदिवर्धन इत्येष द्वितीयः परिकीर्तितः । वसिष्ठाश्रमजो रन्ध्रस्ते न कृत्स्नः प्रपूरितः
naṃdivardhana ityeṣa dvitīyaḥ parikīrtitaḥ | vasiṣṭhāśramajo randhraste na kṛtsnaḥ prapūritaḥ
இது இரண்டாவது ‘நந்திவர்த்தனன்’ எனப் போற்றப்படுகிறது. வசிஷ்ட ஆசிரமத்துடன் தொடர்புடைய அந்தப் பிளவு (ரந்த்ரம்) இன்னும் (உன்னால்) முழுவதும் நிரப்பப்படவில்லை।
Unnamed narrator (contextual voice within the Sūta-led narration)
Tirtha: Nandivardhana
Type: peak
Scene: A forested mountain named Nandivardhana rises near Vasiṣṭha’s hermitage; a visible cleft in rock leads toward the āśrama, shown as not fully sealed—like a sacred scar in the earth.
FAQs
Sacred places are mapped through ṛṣi-associations; the hermitage of a sage sanctifies the very features of the land.
The chapter’s tīrtha-complex (around Nāga-bila/Hāṭakeśvara) is praised, with Vasiṣṭha’s āśrama serving as a sanctifying landmark.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse identifies sacred topography tied to Vasiṣṭha.