Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
प्रोच्यतां चापि यत्कृत्यं युष्माकं क्रियतेऽधुना । मद्गृहे संप्रयातानां कोऽयं बालोऽपि सद्व्रती
procyatāṃ cāpi yatkṛtyaṃ yuṣmākaṃ kriyate'dhunā | madgṛhe saṃprayātānāṃ ko'yaṃ bālo'pi sadvratī
“یہ بھی بتاؤ کہ اس وقت تمہارا کون سا فرض یا مقصد ہے۔ اور جب تم میرے گھر آئے ہو—یہ لڑکا کون ہے جو نیک عہد و ضبط میں نہایت ثابت قدم ہے؟”
Brahmā (Padmasaṃbhava/Pitāmaha)
Tirtha: Camatkārapura (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: munis; indirectly about the boy
Scene: Brahmā, within an āśrama setting, gestures toward a modest boy standing near the sages; the boy’s posture is disciplined, hands folded, eyes lowered in humility.
FAQs
Pilgrimage and holy company are guided by dharma; even a child established in vows deserves reverent attention.
The wider passage sits in the Tīrthamāhātmya of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa; this verse itself introduces the pilgrims and does not name the tīrtha directly.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; it is an inquiry into the visitors’ purpose and the boy’s vow-observance.