Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
पुलस्त्य उवाच । एवमुक्तास्ततो नागा नागराजेन पार्थिव । प्रणम्य तं ततो जग्मुरर्बुदं पर्वतं प्रति
pulastya uvāca | evamuktāstato nāgā nāgarājena pārthiva | praṇamya taṃ tato jagmurarbudaṃ parvataṃ prati
ปุลัสตยะกล่าวว่า: ข้าแต่พระราชา ครั้นเหล่านาคถูกพญานาคตรัสดังนั้นแล้ว ก็กราบนอบน้อมท่าน และออกเดินทางไปยังภูเขาอรพุท (อรบุดะ)
Pulastya
Tirtha: Arbuda-parvata
Type: peak
Listener: Pārthiva (the king addressed as ‘pārthiva’)
Scene: Pulastya narrates: nāgas, after bowing to their king/leader, depart in a purposeful procession toward the Arbuda mountain; the scene emphasizes resolve and reverence.
FAQs
Right instruction culminates in reverence (praṇāma) and prompt action—setting out toward the sacred remedy.
Mount Arbuda is explicitly named as the destination of the nāgas’ pilgrimage.
Praṇāma (obeisance) to the teacher/guide precedes undertaking the prescribed spiritual journey.