Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
एतस्मात्कारणाद्दूरात्समभ्येत्य प्रदक्षिणाम् । करोम्यस्या द्विजश्रेष्ठा देवतायाः समाहितः
etasmātkāraṇāddūrātsamabhyetya pradakṣiṇām | karomyasyā dvijaśreṣṭhā devatāyāḥ samāhitaḥ
C’est pourquoi, même en venant de loin, ô meilleurs des brāhmaṇas, j’accomplis, l’esprit recueilli, la pradakṣiṇā de cette Divinité, la Déesse.
Rājā
Type: temple
Listener: Dvija-śreṣṭhas (brāhmaṇas)
Scene: A king arriving from a distant road with attendants, then walking in reverent clockwise circles around a Devī shrine, hands folded, gaze steady; brāhmaṇas witness the act.
FAQs
True tīrtha practice combines travel/approach with inner concentration; devotion becomes complete when the mind is steady (samāhita).
A Devī shrine in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the stress is on the sanctity that draws pilgrims even from distant places.
Perform pradakṣiṇā of the Goddess, approaching the shrine even from afar, with a focused mind.