Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
अमुंचन्नग्नितीर्थे तं समाभाष्य ततः परम् । तीर्थयात्राकृते पश्चाज्जग्मुरन्यत्र सत्वरम्
amuṃcannagnitīrthe taṃ samābhāṣya tataḥ param | tīrthayātrākṛte paścājjagmuranyatra satvaram
ครั้นปล่อยเขาไว้ ณ อัคนีตีรถะ แล้วกล่าวถ้อยคำกับเขาต่อจากนั้น บรรดามุนีก็รีบรุดไปยังที่อื่น เพื่อสืบต่อการจาริกสู่ทิรถะทั้งหลาย
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Tirtha: Agnitīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: At a riverside or seashore ghat named Agnitīrtha, sages leave a boy seated safely; one sage bends to speak a final instruction while others turn, staffs in hand, ready to depart swiftly along the pilgrimage path.
FAQs
Pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) is portrayed as a continuing dharmic undertaking guided by sages and anchored in specific sacred sites.
Agnitīrtha is explicitly named as the place where the boy is left, marking it as a key sacred locus in this section.
The verse indicates tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage) as a religious practice, though no specific bathing or donation rite is detailed here.