Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
ते च तीर्थाश्रमे तस्मिन्यानान्युत्सृज्य संयताः । प्रवृत्तास्तमृषिं द्रष्टुं प्राकृताः पुरुषा यथा
te ca tīrthāśrame tasminyānānyutsṛjya saṃyatāḥ | pravṛttāstamṛṣiṃ draṣṭuṃ prākṛtāḥ puruṣā yathā
அந்த தீர்த்த-ஆசிரமத்தில் அவர்கள் தங்கள் வாகனங்களை விட்டு, மனத்தை அடக்கி, அந்த முனிவரைத் தரிசிக்க சாதாரண மனிதரைப் போலச் சென்றனர்।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Tīrthāśrama of Dadhīci
Type: ghat
Listener: null
Scene: At the tīrtha-āśrama, the gods set aside their celestial vehicles, compose themselves, and walk toward the sage with the simplicity of ordinary men.
FAQs
True pilgrimage requires humility—status is set aside at a tīrtha, and one approaches sages with restraint and reverence.
The tīrthāśrama associated with Ṛṣi Dadhīci in the Prabhāsa region.
Implied prescription of conduct: renouncing display (setting aside vehicles), practicing self-restraint, and seeking darśana of a sage.