Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6
मध्ये मार्गं प्रपन्नस्य त्रिजन्मजनितं त्वघम् । देहगेहाद्विनिःसृत्य निराशं याति निःश्वसत्
madhye mārgaṃ prapannasya trijanmajanitaṃ tvagham | dehagehādviniḥsṛtya nirāśaṃ yāti niḥśvasat
For one who has taken to the road, the sin born of three lives leaves the body-home and goes away hopeless, as if sighing in defeat.
Śiva
Tirtha: Kedāra (via yātrā-mārga)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Mid-journey on a mountain path: the pilgrim walks steadily; a dark, weary ‘sin’ figure exits the body-house (deha-geha) and drifts away ‘sighing,’ while the pilgrim’s aura brightens.
FAQs
Right action sustained over time—walking the sacred path—weakens and expels accumulated negativity.
Kedāra is the implied destination whose yātrā-process itself is sanctifying.
Undertaking the journey (mārga-prapatti) itself is treated as a purifying observance.