Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66
ततः क्रांतार्धमार्गस्य प्रयाग दृढचेतसः । पुंसः शरीरान्निर्यातुमपेक्षेत पदांतरम्
tataḥ krāṃtārdhamārgasya prayāga dṛḍhacetasaḥ | puṃsaḥ śarīrānniryātumapekṣeta padāṃtaram
তাৰ পাছত, হে প্ৰয়াগ! দৃঢ়চিত্ত সেই পুৰুষে যেতিয়া আধা পথ অতিক্ৰম কৰে, তেতিয়া তাৰ পাপ দেহৰ পৰা ওলাই যাবলৈ উদ্যত হয়, কেৱল পৰৱৰ্তী পদক্ষেপৰ অপেক্ষাত থাকে।
Skanda
Tirtha: Prayāga (Tīrtharāja)
Type: sangam
Listener: null
Scene: A road scene at the halfway mark: the pilgrim strides forward with steady gaze; a dark, smoky figure symbolizing sin slips away from his body, hovering behind, as if waiting for the next step to vanish.
FAQs
Resolute pilgrimage itself becomes purificatory; the journey toward a great tīrtha is spiritually efficacious.
Prayāga, addressed directly as the sacred destination.
No formal rite; it emphasizes firm resolve and the sanctifying act of traveling to the tīrtha.