Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
स एवं निश्चयं कृत्वा नंदिवर्धनमुक्तवान् । गच्छ त्वं पुत्र मे वाक्याद्वसिष्ठस्याश्रमं प्रति
sa evaṃ niścayaṃ kṛtvā naṃdivardhanamuktavān | gaccha tvaṃ putra me vākyādvasiṣṭhasyāśramaṃ prati
இவ்வாறு தீர்மானித்து நந்திவர்த்தனனிடம் கூறினான்—“மகனே, என் சொல்லின்படி வசிஷ்டரின் ஆசிரமத்திற்குச் செல்.”
Himavān (in Sūta’s narration)
Tirtha: Vasiṣṭhāśrama (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame)
Scene: Himavān, having decided, addresses Nandivardhana with paternal authority, sending him toward Vasiṣṭha’s hermitage; the path leads through forests toward a serene āśrama.
FAQs
Right decision culminates in right action—honoring sages and executing duty promptly is upheld as dharma.
Vasiṣṭha’s āśrama is referenced as a sacred locus, though no named tīrtha is specified in this verse.
None; it is a command to proceed to the sage’s hermitage.