Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73
तस्मादुदङ्मुखो गच्छ यत्र ते जलपक्षिणः । दृश्यंते व्योममार्गेण प्रगच्छतः समंततः
tasmādudaṅmukho gaccha yatra te jalapakṣiṇaḥ | dṛśyaṃte vyomamārgeṇa pragacchataḥ samaṃtataḥ
پس شمال رُخ ہو کر چلو، جہاں وہ آبی پرندے دکھائی دیتے ہیں۔ وہ آسمان کی راہوں سے گزرتے ہوئے چاروں طرف اڑتے نظر آتے ہیں۔
Māṃsāda (implied continuation)
Listener: Mahārāja (king)
Scene: A guide instructs the king to walk facing north; overhead, flocks of water-birds wheel across the sky, indicating the direction toward the reservoir.
FAQs
In tīrtha narratives, nature itself becomes a guide—signs like birds and directions lead seekers toward sanctified spaces.
The verse points toward a lake-region indicated by water-birds; the tīrtha name is not specified here.
No direct ritual is given; it provides route guidance (go north) as part of the pilgrimage storyline.