Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 9
आरेभिरे क्रियायोगं मार्कंडनृपपूर्वकाः । तेषां तपस्यतामेवं समाजग्मे कदाचन । तीर्थयात्रानुषंगेन लोमशालोकनोत्सुकः
ārebhire kriyāyogaṃ mārkaṃḍanṛpapūrvakāḥ | teṣāṃ tapasyatāmevaṃ samājagme kadācana | tīrthayātrānuṣaṃgena lomaśālokanotsukaḥ
राजा मार्कण्ड के नेतृत्व में उन्होंने क्रियायोग का आरम्भ किया। वे इस प्रकार तप में लगे थे कि किसी समय तीर्थयात्रा के प्रसंग से लोमश भी उन्हें देखने की उत्कंठा से वहाँ आ पहुँचे।
Narrator (contextual; within Nārada’s narration)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Phālguna (addressed in surrounding narration)
Scene: An ascetic encampment: King Mārkaṇḍa and companions engaged in kriyā-yoga and austerities; the sage Lomaśa arrives with a pilgrim’s staff, waterpot, and dust of many tīrthas on his feet.
FAQs
Pilgrimage and disciplined practice (kriyā-yoga, tapas) are strengthened by the guidance and visitation of great sages.
Tīrtha-yātrā is mentioned generally; no single sacred site is named in this verse.
Kriyā-yoga (structured religious discipline) and tapas (austerity) are the prescribed modes of practice.