Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36
सूत उवाच । एवं दत्त्वा वरं तस्य वसिष्ठो भगवान्मुनिः । नंदिवर्द्धनमभ्येत्य वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह
sūta uvāca | evaṃ dattvā varaṃ tasya vasiṣṭho bhagavānmuniḥ | naṃdivarddhanamabhyetya vākyametaduvāca ha
苏多说道：如是赐予他恩愿之后，圣贤仙人瓦西什塔走近难提伐尔达那，便说了如下之语。
Sūta
Scene: A sage (Vasiṣṭha) with matted locks and staff, having blessed someone, walks toward a fortified or well-ordered settlement named Nandivardhana; Sūta’s narration frames the scene like a storyteller’s cut.
FAQs
Purāṇas transmit tīrtha-glory through ṛṣi dialogue, showing how boons and sacred presence become established by saintly authority.
The Arbuda sacred landscape under discussion; this verse is the narrative transition into Vasiṣṭha’s words that establish the site’s sanctity.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it introduces the boon and ensuing instruction.