Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
उत्तमेनेह वर्णेन द्रव्यलोभादिना नृप । नाधमस्य क्वचित्कार्यं तीर्थयात्रादिसेवनम्
uttameneha varṇena dravyalobhādinā nṛpa | nādhamasya kvacitkāryaṃ tīrthayātrādisevanam
ഹേ നൃപാ! ഇവിടെ തീർത്ഥയാത്രാദി അനുഷ്ഠാനങ്ങൾ ഉത്തമസ്വഭാവമുള്ളവൻ ചെയ്യണം; ധനലോഭം മുതലായവ കൊണ്ട് മലിനമായ അധമസ്വഭാവക്കാരൻ ചെയ്യരുത്. അത്തരക്കാരന് എവിടെയും തീർത്ഥസേവ യോജ്യമല്ല।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: तīrtha-sevā-adhikāra (eligibility for pilgrimage service)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: The sage admonishes: a greedy traveler with money-bag is turned away from a tīrtha gate, while a humble pilgrim is welcomed; the contrast illustrates adhikāra.
FAQs
Tīrtha practice is validated by inner motive; greed and low intent corrupt religious acts, while noble intention makes pilgrimage meaningful.
No particular site; it provides a moral qualification for tīrtha-sevā in general.
A qualification rule: pilgrimage and allied rites should not be pursued with dravya-lobha (greed for wealth) or by adhamas (base-minded persons).