Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
यस्यान्यः कुरुते शक्त्या तीर्थयात्रां तथेश्वरि । स्वकीयद्रव्ययानाभ्यां फलं तस्य चतुर्गुणम्
yasyānyaḥ kurute śaktyā tīrthayātrāṃ tatheśvari | svakīyadravyayānābhyāṃ phalaṃ tasya caturguṇam
হে ঈশ্বরী, যার জন্য অন্য কেউ সামর্থ্য অনুযায়ী তীর্থযাত্রা সম্পন্ন করে, তার নিজের ধন ও যান-ব্যবস্থার দ্বারা সেই ফল চারগুণ হয়।
Īśvarī (Pārvatī) or a Devī addressed as 'Īśvari' (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvarī (vocative: īśvari)
Scene: A householder offers coins, a cart, and provisions to a pilgrim who bows and departs toward Prabhāsa; the sponsor performs saṅkalpa before a small Śiva emblem, indicating merit transfer through support.
FAQs
Supporting another’s pilgrimage is a powerful dharmic act; enabling sacred travel multiplies merit.
No single tīrtha is named; the rule concerns tīrtha-yātrā generally within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.
Provide resources (dravya) and conveyance (yāna) to facilitate another’s pilgrimage; the merit is said to be fourfold.