Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62
अष्टाभिश्च प्रयागस्य तत्फलं प्रभविष्यति । पंचभिः कुरुक्षेत्रस्य नकुलीशस्य च त्रिभिः
aṣṭābhiśca prayāgasya tatphalaṃ prabhaviṣyati | paṃcabhiḥ kurukṣetrasya nakulīśasya ca tribhiḥ
That very fruit will arise as though one had performed eight pilgrimages to Prayāga, five to Kurukṣetra, and three to Nakulīśa—
Dharma (personified), continuing the comparative phala-śruti
Scene: A sacred ledger-like vision: Prayāga’s triveṇī, Kurukṣetra’s dharma-field, and a Śaiva Nakulīśa shrine appear as three vignettes, their ‘counts’ (8, 5, 3) dissolving into a single radiant seal of merit.
FAQs
A single sacred observance at an exalted tīrtha can equal repeated journeys to famous pan-Indian pilgrimage centers.
Stambhatīrtha, by comparison with Prayāga, Kurukṣetra, and Nakulīśa.
Implicit: tīrtha-sevā such as snāna/dāna/yātrā whose merits are being measured against other pilgrimages.