Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
इत्युक्तेऽथ गते दूते संस्मृत्याऽभ्या गतं हरिः । गरुत्मन्तं समारुह्य त्वरितस्तत्पुरं ययौ
ityukte'tha gate dūte saṃsmṛtyā'bhyā gataṃ hariḥ | garutmantaṃ samāruhya tvaritastatpuraṃ yayau
ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้วและทูตได้จากไป พระหรีทรงระลึกถึงพระประสงค์และทรงเตรียมพระองค์ แล้วเสด็จขึ้นครุฑและมุ่งไปยังนครนั้นโดยฉับไว
Narrator (Purāṇic narration)
Tirtha: Kāśī (destination) / Dvārakā (departure)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages
Scene: Hari mounts Garuḍa; wings spread, the sky opens; the city below recedes as the divine pair rush toward Kāśī—wind, light, and resolve embodied.
FAQs
When dharma must be protected, the divine response is timely—symbolized by Hari mounting Garuḍa and moving swiftly.
The destination is ‘that city’ (contextually Kāśī from the previous verse), within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya narrative.
None; it is narrative action describing divine travel.