Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 110
यथागतेन मार्गेण गच्छ त्वं मा विलंबितम् । बटो न किंचिज्जानासि केवलं कलिकृन्महान्
yathāgatena mārgeṇa gaccha tvaṃ mā vilaṃbitam | baṭo na kiṃcijjānāsi kevalaṃ kalikṛnmahān
جس راستے سے تم آئے تھے اسی راہ سے واپس چلے جاؤ—دیر نہ کرو۔ اے لڑکے، تم کچھ نہیں جانتے؛ تم تو محض بڑا فتنہ و جھگڑا برپا کرنے والے ہو۔
Rati
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rati, stern and radiant, dismisses Nārada like a scolding elder; Nārada stands with vīṇā, chastened, at a Himalayan hermitage-path, the same trail behind him indicating ‘return by the way you came’.
FAQs
Protecting one’s vow and focus may require firm boundaries; dharma can be sharp when safeguarding tapas.
Not explicit in the verse; the Kedāra Khaṇḍa framework maintains the Kedāra sacred-region context.
None; it is an admonition to avoid delay and disturbance.