Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
तस्मादाज्ञापयस्वाद्य कृत्वा चित्तं दृढं विभो । भूयोऽप्यत्रागमिष्यामस्तव दर्शनलालसाः
tasmādājñāpayasvādya kṛtvā cittaṃ dṛḍhaṃ vibho | bhūyo'pyatrāgamiṣyāmastava darśanalālasāḥ
پس اے ربِّ قادر، آج اپنے دل کو پختہ کر کے حکم عطا فرما۔ ہم پھر یہاں لوٹ آئیں گے، تیرے دیدار کی برکت کے مشتاق۔
Likely the Kuru-Pāṇḍava party addressing Vibhu/Acyuta (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A group of royal pilgrims, hands folded, petition a radiant Lord for permission; faces show longing and humility, suggesting imminent departure to a famed kṣetra.
FAQs
Sacred actions are ideally begun with divine sanction and inner steadiness, while maintaining longing for repeated darśana.
The verse centers on requesting permission and promising return; the tīrtha is the same kṣetra described in this chapter.
No explicit rite is detailed; the implied dharma is to seek the Lord’s approval before undertaking a major religious journey and consecration.