Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48
यज्ञैर्दानैर्जपैर्होमैस्तीर्थैर्व्रतसमुच्चयैः । वेदादिप्रोक्तैरन्यैश्च साध्यांल्लोकानिमान्विदुः
yajñairdānairjapairhomaistīrthairvratasamuccayaiḥ | vedādiproktairanyaiśca sādhyāṃllokānimānviduḥ
Par les sacrifices (yajña), les dons (dāna), les récitations (japa), les offrandes au feu (homa), les pèlerinages aux tīrtha sacrés et l’ensemble des vœux (vrata)—ainsi que par d’autres disciplines enseignées par les Veda et les enseignements connexes—on sait que ces mondes peuvent être atteints.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Scene: A montage of sādhana: a yajña-śālā with fire altar, a devotee giving dāna, a sage doing japa with mālā, homa offerings into flames, pilgrims bathing at a river-ghāṭa, and vrata observance—arranged as a single narrative frieze.
FAQs
Puranic Dharma is practical: disciplined worship, charity, mantra, fire-rites, vows, and pilgrimage collectively mature into spiritual merit and higher attainments.
No single site is specified; the verse broadly praises tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage) as a meritorious means.
It lists core practices—yajña, dāna, japa, homa, tīrtha-sevā, and vrata—endorsed by Vedic teaching as means to attain higher realms.