Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12
कथं द्यूतजिताः पार्था मम पूर्वपितामहाः । आसमुद्रां महीं विप्र भ्रमन्तस्तीर्थलोभतः
kathaṃ dyūtajitāḥ pārthā mama pūrvapitāmahāḥ | āsamudrāṃ mahīṃ vipra bhramantastīrthalobhataḥ
Wie wanderten die Pārthas — meine Ahnen, im Würfelspiel besiegt — o Brāhmaṇa, über die Erde bis zu den sie umschließenden Meeren, getrieben von Sehnsucht nach heiligen Stätten?
Janamejaya
Type: kshetra
Scene: The question evokes the Pāṇḍavas after the dice defeat, wandering across the whole earth to the seas, driven by longing for holy places; a mental panorama of roads, forests, rivers, and distant coasts.
FAQs
Even after downfall and misfortune, dharmic recovery is pursued through tīrtha-yātrā and disciplined wandering.
No particular tīrtha is named; the question anticipates a catalogue of sacred places in the Revā Khaṇḍa tradition.
Pilgrimage motivated by tīrtha-seeking (tīrtha-lobha) is presented as a dharmic response to adversity.