Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
यः सकृत्कुरुते यात्रां क्षेत्रे वस्त्रापथे पुनः । विगाह्य तत्र तीर्थानि कृतकृत्यः स जायते
yaḥ sakṛtkurute yātrāṃ kṣetre vastrāpathe punaḥ | vigāhya tatra tīrthāni kṛtakṛtyaḥ sa jāyate
Whoever even once undertakes the pilgrimage to the kṣetra of Vastrāpatha and bathes in the tīrthas there becomes one who has fulfilled life’s purpose.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra tīrthāni (collective)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pilgrims arrive at a coastal/riverine sacred tract called Vastrāpatha; they descend steps into a tīrtha, perform snāna, and emerge with folded hands, suggesting ‘kṛtakṛtya’ fulfillment.
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Even a single sincere pilgrimage and sacred bathing at the right kṣetra is presented as spiritually completing one’s life-aim.
Vastrāpatha Kṣetra in the Prabhāsa region, with its associated tīrthas for ritual immersion.
Yātrā (pilgrimage) to Vastrāpatha and vigāha/snān (immersion/bathing) in the tīrthas located there.