Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
निष्कामो वा नरो यस्तु तं पूजयति मानवः । स मोक्षमाप्नुयान्नूनं दुर्लभं त्रिदशैरपि
niṣkāmo vā naro yastu taṃ pūjayati mānavaḥ | sa mokṣamāpnuyānnūnaṃ durlabhaṃ tridaśairapi
Wenn aber ein Mensch, frei von Begierde, Ihn verehrt, erlangt dieser Sterbliche gewiss Mokṣa — eine Gabe, die selbst den Göttern schwer zugänglich ist.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Vaṭāditya
Type: kshetra
Listener: General ‘mānava’ (human) addressed; dvija audience implied from passage flow
Scene: A solitary devotee at dawn, calm and desireless, offers arghya to Vaṭāditya; the sun’s rays form a path of light suggesting mokṣa; worldly petitioners fade into the background.
FAQs
The highest fruit of tīrtha worship is not merely worldly success but mokṣa, especially when devotion is free from personal craving.
The teaching continues the praise of Vaṭāditya worship within this tīrtha-māhātmya.
Worship performed in a niṣkāma (desireless) spirit; the emphasis is on inner attitude rather than a new external rite.