Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52
तैलपात्रमिवात्मानं यो रक्षेत्तीर्थसेवकः । स तीर्थफलमस्कन्नं विप्रः प्राप्नोति संयतः
tailapātramivātmānaṃ yo rakṣettīrthasevakaḥ | sa tīrthaphalamaskannaṃ vipraḥ prāpnoti saṃyataḥ
خادمُ التيرثا الذي يصونُ نفسَه كما يُصانُ إناءُ الزيت لئلّا ينسكب، ينالُ ثمرةَ التيرثا غيرَ منقوصة؛ وذلك البراهمنُ المنضبطُ يظفرُ بها حقًّا.
Skanda (deduced from section context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A brāhmaṇa tīrtha-sevaka holds a small oil vessel close to his chest while walking carefully along a sacred ghat; above him, a luminous aura labeled ‘tīrtha-phala’ remains intact, symbolizing unspilled merit.
FAQs
Restraint safeguards spiritual merit; careless conduct ‘spills’ the fruit of holy practice.
Prabhāsa-tīrtha, through praise of the ideal tīrtha-sevaka and the promise of full tīrtha-phala.
A discipline rule: the tīrtha-servant should vigilantly protect his conduct to preserve undiminished pilgrimage merit.