Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48
यज्ञैर्दानैर्जपैर्होमैस्तीर्थैर्व्रतसमुच्चयैः । वेदादिप्रोक्तैरन्यैश्च साध्यांल्लोकानिमान्विदुः
yajñairdānairjapairhomaistīrthairvratasamuccayaiḥ | vedādiproktairanyaiśca sādhyāṃllokānimānviduḥ
യജ്ഞങ്ങൾ, ദാനങ്ങൾ, ജപങ്ങൾ, ഹോമങ്ങൾ, തീർത്ഥസേവനം, വ്രതസമുച്ചയങ്ങൾ—കൂടാതെ വേദാദി ശാസ്ത്രങ്ങളിൽ ഉപദേശിച്ച മറ്റ് സാധനങ്ങളാൽ—ഈ ലോകങ്ങൾ സാധ്യമായതും പ്രാപ്യമായതുമെന്നു അറിയപ്പെടുന്നു.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Scene: A montage of sādhana: a yajña-śālā with fire altar, a devotee giving dāna, a sage doing japa with mālā, homa offerings into flames, pilgrims bathing at a river-ghāṭa, and vrata observance—arranged as a single narrative frieze.
FAQs
Puranic Dharma is practical: disciplined worship, charity, mantra, fire-rites, vows, and pilgrimage collectively mature into spiritual merit and higher attainments.
No single site is specified; the verse broadly praises tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage) as a meritorious means.
It lists core practices—yajña, dāna, japa, homa, tīrtha-sevā, and vrata—endorsed by Vedic teaching as means to attain higher realms.