Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
अग्निष्टोमादियज्ञैश्च इष्ट्वा विपुलदक्षिणैः । तत्तत्फलमवाप्नोति तीर्थानुगमनेन यत्
agniṣṭomādiyajñaiśca iṣṭvā vipuladakṣiṇaiḥ | tattatphalamavāpnoti tīrthānugamanena yat
Welche besonderen Früchte man auch erlangt, indem man Agniṣṭoma und andere Opfer mit reichlichen priesterlichen Gaben vollzieht—eben diese Früchte werden durch das Pilgern zu den Tīrthas erreicht.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrthas (as yajña-phala-givers)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A grand Vedic sacrifice with fire-altar and priests fades into a simpler scene of pilgrims bathing at a tīrtha; a luminous thread connects both, indicating identical ‘phala’; heaps of dakṣiṇā transform into offerings of water and flowers at the shrine.
FAQs
The Purāṇic teaching elevates tīrtha-yātrā as a powerful, accessible means to gain merits comparable to elaborate Vedic sacrifices.
The statement supports the Prabhāsa tīrtha tradition, centered on Prabhāsakṣetra and its Śaiva sanctity.
No new rite is prescribed beyond emphasizing pilgrimage; it contrasts pilgrimage with costly yajñas performed with large dakṣiṇā.