Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
उत्तमेनेह वर्णेन द्रव्यलोभादिना नृप । नाधमस्य क्वचित्कार्यं तीर्थयात्रादिसेवनम्
uttameneha varṇena dravyalobhādinā nṛpa | nādhamasya kvacitkāryaṃ tīrthayātrādisevanam
أيها الملك، إن الحجّ إلى التيرثا وما شابهه من العبادات ينبغي أن يقوم به هنا ذو الخُلُق الرفيع، لا من كانت طبيعته دنيئة تحرّكه شهوة المال ونحوها؛ فمثل هذا لا يليق به خدمة التيرثا في أي موضع.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: तīrtha-sevā-adhikāra (eligibility for pilgrimage service)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: The sage admonishes: a greedy traveler with money-bag is turned away from a tīrtha gate, while a humble pilgrim is welcomed; the contrast illustrates adhikāra.
FAQs
Tīrtha practice is validated by inner motive; greed and low intent corrupt religious acts, while noble intention makes pilgrimage meaningful.
No particular site; it provides a moral qualification for tīrtha-sevā in general.
A qualification rule: pilgrimage and allied rites should not be pursued with dravya-lobha (greed for wealth) or by adhamas (base-minded persons).