Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 26
व्यास उवाच । इत्युक्ता सा तदा क्षिप्रं तथेत्युक्ता च वै मुने । पूजयित्वा तु पितरं सा जगामोत्तरान्कुरून्
vyāsa uvāca | ityuktā sā tadā kṣipraṃ tathetyuktā ca vai mune | pūjayitvā tu pitaraṃ sā jagāmottarānkurūn
ویاس نے کہا: یوں کہے جانے پر اس نے فوراً جواب دیا: ‘تتھاستو’ اے منی! پھر اس نے اپنے پتا کی پوجا کی اور شمالی کوروؤں کی طرف روانہ ہوئی۔
Vyāsa
Tirtha: Uttara Kuru
Type: kshetra
Listener: Muni (unnamed sage addressed as ‘mune’)
Scene: Narrative transition: Vyāsa narrates; the woman, after honoring her father, departs toward the far-northern, luminous land of Uttara Kuru—snowy horizons, celestial flora, and a sense of crossing into mythic space.
FAQs
Prompt obedience to righteous counsel and honoring one’s parents are upheld as dharmic virtues.
No tīrtha is praised; the verse mentions Uttara-Kuru as a Purāṇic region.
No formal ritual; only the respectful act of pūjā toward one’s father is described.