Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
आदेशो दीयतामस्य दुःखं कर्तुं च नार्हसि । अवश्यं यदि भक्तोऽसि तत्र प्रेषय सत्वरम्
ādeśo dīyatāmasya duḥkhaṃ kartuṃ ca nārhasi | avaśyaṃ yadi bhakto'si tatra preṣaya satvaram
அவனுக்கு ஆணை அளியுங்கள்; அவனைத் துன்புறுத்துவது உகந்ததல்ல. இந்தக் கடமையில் நீ உண்மையாய் பக்தியுடையவனாயின், அவனை அங்கே உடனே அனுப்புங்கள்.
Vasiṣṭha
Tirtha: Arbuda (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: The personified great mountain/authority figure addressed
Scene: Vasiṣṭha instructs the mountain-king to issue orders; Nandivardhana/Arbuda stands ready; the sage’s raised hand signals urgency tempered by compassion.
FAQs
Devotion to dharma includes promptness and compassion—one should act swiftly without inflicting needless suffering.
No tīrtha is named; the instruction serves the broader Arbuda-khaṇḍa sacred mission.
None; it is an ethical injunction to issue orders and dispatch assistance.