Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
यात्रासिद्धिकृते यश्च जपेत्सूक्तं च शाकुनम् । तस्य संसिध्यते यात्रा यद्यपि स्यादकिंचनः
yātrāsiddhikṛte yaśca japetsūktaṃ ca śākunam | tasya saṃsidhyate yātrā yadyapi syādakiṃcanaḥ
مَن تلا «شاكُناسوكْتا» لتمام السفر، تَمَّتْ رحلته بنجاح، ولو كان معدماً لا يملك شيئاً.
Skanda (deduced from tīrthamāhātmya instructional style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim with staff and waterpot stands at a tīrtha shrine, hands in añjali, reciting a Vedic sūkta before beginning a journey; attendants prepare a small travel bundle; auspicious birds appear overhead as omens of success.
FAQs
Tīrtha-centered practice supports pilgrims and travelers: spiritual discipline is portrayed as a true resource beyond material means.
The tīrtha celebrated in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 36); the excerpt itself does not name it.
Japa of the Śākunasūkta for yātrā-siddhi (successful completion of travel).