Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
यात्रासिद्धिकृते यश्च जपेत्सूक्तं च शाकुनम् । तस्य संसिध्यते यात्रा यद्यपि स्यादकिंचनः
yātrāsiddhikṛte yaśca japetsūktaṃ ca śākunam | tasya saṃsidhyate yātrā yadyapi syādakiṃcanaḥ
Wer zum Gelingen einer Reise das Śākunasūkta rezitiert, dessen Reise wird vollendet, auch wenn er ohne Mittel ist.
Skanda (deduced from tīrthamāhātmya instructional style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim with staff and waterpot stands at a tīrtha shrine, hands in añjali, reciting a Vedic sūkta before beginning a journey; attendants prepare a small travel bundle; auspicious birds appear overhead as omens of success.
FAQs
Tīrtha-centered practice supports pilgrims and travelers: spiritual discipline is portrayed as a true resource beyond material means.
The tīrtha celebrated in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 36); the excerpt itself does not name it.
Japa of the Śākunasūkta for yātrā-siddhi (successful completion of travel).