Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
तस्मात्प्राप्स्यसि निःशेषं फलं पुत्रसमुद्भवम् । गत्वा पुण्यतमे देशे रक्तशृंगस्य मूर्धनि
tasmātprāpsyasi niḥśeṣaṃ phalaṃ putrasamudbhavam | gatvā puṇyatame deśe raktaśṛṃgasya mūrdhani
“അതുകൊണ്ട് പുത്രലാഭത്തിൽ നിന്നു ജനിക്കുന്ന സമ്പൂർണ്ണ ഫലം നീ പ്രാപിക്കും—പരമ പുണ്യദേശമായ രക്തശൃംഗപർവതത്തിന്റെ ശിഖരത്തിലേക്കു ചെന്നാൽ।”
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)
Tirtha: Raktāśṛṅga-śikhara
Type: peak
Scene: Gālava points toward a distant red-hued peak; the mountain’s summit glows as if sanctified; Vidura’s face shifts from sorrow to hope.
FAQs
Pilgrimage to a sanctified place can confer profound dhārmic merit, even comparable to major life-rites and lineage blessings.
Raktāśṛṅga—specifically its summit—described as a supremely meritorious destination.
A directive to go (yātrā) to the most sacred region and reach the summit, implying tīrtha-visit as the means to obtain the stated fruit.