Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
सूत उवाच । तच्छ्रुत्वा देवपूज्यस्य वचनं त्रिदशाधिपः । जगाम सत्वरं तत्र स यत्रास्ते हिमालयः
sūta uvāca | tacchrutvā devapūjyasya vacanaṃ tridaśādhipaḥ | jagāma satvaraṃ tatra sa yatrāste himālayaḥ
สูตะกล่าวว่า ครั้นได้ฟังถ้อยคำของผู้เป็นที่สักการะของเหล่าเทพแล้ว จอมแห่งเทพ (อินทร์) ก็รีบไปยังที่ซึ่งหิมาลัยตั้งอยู่
Sūta
Tirtha: Himālaya (as invoked agent for Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra’s Nāga-bila)
Type: peak
Scene: Sūta narrates as Indra, stirred by divine counsel, departs swiftly through the skies toward the towering Himalaya, whose peaks gleam with snow and ascetic presences.
FAQs
Reverence for divine counsel and swift righteous action are praised as qualities even the king of gods must embody.
The narrative moves toward the Himalaya and the Hāṭakeśvara/Nāga-bila sacred complex, linking mountains to tīrtha power.
None; it is a narrative transition describing Indra’s swift journey.