Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42
स तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय शापाद्भीतो नगोत्तमः । न जगाम पुनर्वृद्धिं तस्यागमनवांछया
sa tatheti pratijñāya śāpādbhīto nagottamaḥ | na jagāma punarvṛddhiṃ tasyāgamanavāṃchayā
“یوں ہی ہو” کہہ کر عہد باندھا؛ اور لعنت کے خوف سے وہ بہترین پہاڑ، اگستیہ کی واپسی کی آرزو میں، پھر نہ بڑھا۔
Narrator (within Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Tirtha: Vindhya (Agastya-niyama-sthāna)
Type: peak
Listener: Brāhmaṇas
Scene: Vindhya, once swelling with pride, now restrained—its ridges depicted as ‘held back’; a visual of arrested growth, with a mood of waiting for Agastya’s return.
FAQs
A vow made before dharmic authority should be upheld; fear of wrongdoing and hope for grace keep one aligned with restraint.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse strengthens the sacred-geography narrative backdrop for tīrtha travel.
None; it concerns a vow and restraint rather than a ritual.