Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48
यज्ञैर्दानैर्जपैर्होमैस्तीर्थैर्व्रतसमुच्चयैः । वेदादिप्रोक्तैरन्यैश्च साध्यांल्लोकानिमान्विदुः
yajñairdānairjapairhomaistīrthairvratasamuccayaiḥ | vedādiproktairanyaiśca sādhyāṃllokānimānviduḥ
যজ্ঞ, দান, জপ, হোম, তীর্থসেবা ও ব্রতসমূহের সমুচ্চয় দ্বারা—এবং বেদাদি শাস্ত্রে কথিত অন্যান্য সাধনায়—এই লোকসমূহ সাধ্য, অর্থাৎ প্রাপ্য বলে জানা যায়।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Scene: A montage of sādhana: a yajña-śālā with fire altar, a devotee giving dāna, a sage doing japa with mālā, homa offerings into flames, pilgrims bathing at a river-ghāṭa, and vrata observance—arranged as a single narrative frieze.
FAQs
Puranic Dharma is practical: disciplined worship, charity, mantra, fire-rites, vows, and pilgrimage collectively mature into spiritual merit and higher attainments.
No single site is specified; the verse broadly praises tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage) as a meritorious means.
It lists core practices—yajña, dāna, japa, homa, tīrtha-sevā, and vrata—endorsed by Vedic teaching as means to attain higher realms.