Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44
वामन उवाच । वस्त्रापथे महादेव यानि तीर्थानि तानि मे । वद देव विशेषेण यद्यस्ति करुणा मयि
vāmana uvāca | vastrāpathe mahādeva yāni tīrthāni tāni me | vada deva viśeṣeṇa yadyasti karuṇā mayi
Vāmana dit : «Ô Mahādeva, quels sont les tīrtha qui se trouvent à Vastrāpatha ? Dis-le-moi, ô Dieu, en détail, si vraiment tu as compassion de moi.»
Vāmana
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha (requested)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Vāmana, hands folded, asks Śiva for a detailed account of Vastrāpatha’s tīrthas; the background hints at a map-like sacred landscape awaiting description.
FAQs
A seeker should ask for precise guidance about sacred practice; humility and appeal to divine compassion open the path to right pilgrimage.
Vastrāpatha as a pilgrimage-region is foregrounded; the specific tīrthas are requested and are described in the subsequent verses.
No rite is stated here; it is a request for detailed instruction about tīrthas (sites and their observances).