Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
एवमुक्त्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठाः स मुनिर्ब्रह्मसंभवः । विरराम ततो हृष्टस्तीर्थयात्रां गतो द्रुतम्
evamuktvā dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ sa munirbrahmasaṃbhavaḥ | virarāma tato hṛṣṭastīrthayātrāṃ gato drutam
Nói xong như vậy, hỡi bậc tối thượng trong hàng nhị sinh, vị hiền triết ấy—sinh từ Phạm Thiên—liền im lời; rồi hoan hỷ, mau chóng lên đường hành hương đến các tīrtha.
Narrator (within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya frame); identifies the prior speaker as Brahmasaṃbhava Muni
Listener: dvija-śreṣṭhāḥ (addressed audience)
Scene: A Brahmā-born sage concludes his discourse before attentive brāhmaṇas, then rises with joy, staff and water-pot in hand, setting out swiftly toward a chain of sacred fords.
FAQs
Teaching about tīrtha-dharma culminates in action: the sage himself undertakes pilgrimage, modeling lived sacred practice.
The immediate passage centers on Rudrāvarta/Mahāyogipura; this verse serves as the closing narrative transition.
Tīrtha-yātrā (undertaking pilgrimage) is implicitly commended by the sage’s example.
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