Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन तत्तीर्थवरमाश्रयेत् । य इच्छेच्छाश्वतं स्वर्गं सदैव मनुजो द्विजाः
tasmātsarvaprayatnena tattīrthavaramāśrayet | ya icchecchāśvataṃ svargaṃ sadaiva manujo dvijāḥ
അതുകൊണ്ട്, ഹേ ദ്വിജന്മാരേ! ശാശ്വത സ്വർഗ്ഗം ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്ന മനുഷ്യൻ സർവ്വപ്രയത്നത്തോടെയും ആ ശ്രേഷ്ഠ തീർത്ഥത്തെ ആശ്രയിക്കണം।
Skanda (deduced from Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Tīrtha-vara (unnamed in excerpt)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijāḥ
Scene: A teacher-figure addresses assembled brāhmaṇas, pointing toward a shining tīrtha in the distance; pilgrims prepare with staffs and waterpots, symbolizing determined effort toward svarga.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma encourages deliberate pilgrimage: sustained effort toward sacred places is itself a spiritual discipline.
The ‘excellent tīrtha’ described in this chapter—centered on Śūdrakeśvara in the Gaṅgā–Yamunā region.
A general injunction: āśraya (resort to/visit and stay at) the tīrtha with full effort, implying observance of its rites.