Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72
तीर्थराजं परित्यज्य योऽन्यस्मात्काममिच्छति । भारताख्ये महावर्षे स कामं नाप्नुयात्स्फुटम्
tīrtharājaṃ parityajya yo'nyasmātkāmamicchati | bhāratākhye mahāvarṣe sa kāmaṃ nāpnuyātsphuṭam
തീർത്ഥരാജനെ ഉപേക്ഷിച്ച് മറ്റിടത്ത് നിന്ന് ആഗ്രഹസിദ്ധി തേടുന്നവൻ, ഭാരതം എന്ന ഈ മഹാവർഷത്തിലും തീർച്ചയായും ആ ആഗ്രഹം നേടുകയില്ല।
Skanda
Tirtha: Prayāga (Tīrtharāja)
Type: sangam
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame assumed)
Scene: A didactic scene: a pilgrim turns away from the radiant saṅgama toward distant paths, while a sage gestures in admonition; the saṅgama shines as the central, unmistakable refuge.
FAQs
The text asserts the unrivaled efficacy of the foremost tīrtha; turning away from it weakens one’s assurance of attaining desired fruits.
Prayāga, explicitly as Tīrtharāja.
No specific ritual is prescribed; it is a phalaśruti-style claim about where desires are most surely fulfilled.