Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 78
सूत उवाच । एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य देवदेवस्य चक्रिणः । चकार गमने बुद्धियोगं सांबोऽर्बुदं प्रति
sūta uvāca | etacchrutvā vacastasya devadevasya cakriṇaḥ | cakāra gamane buddhiyogaṃ sāṃbo'rbudaṃ prati
สูตะกล่าวว่า: ครั้นได้สดับวาจาของเทวาธิเทพ ผู้ทรงจักรแล้ว สามพะจึงตั้งปณิธานจะออกเดินทาง กำหนดมุ่งสู่อรพุทะ
Sūta
Tirtha: Arbuda
Type: peak
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (contextual frame)
Scene: Sūta narrates to seated sages; in a secondary vignette, Viṣṇu (Cakrī) gives instruction, and Sāmba forms the resolve to travel toward the Arbuda mountain shown in the distance.
FAQs
When divine instruction is received, one should form firm resolve and undertake the journey toward a sanctified place.
Arbuda, the sacred region toward which Sāmba begins his pilgrimage (within the adhyāya’s tīrtha framework).
The act prescribed is tīrtha-gamana—setting out for the holy place as a dharmic remedy.