Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
यस्य हस्तौ च पादौ च मनश्चैव सुसंयतम् । विद्या तपश्च कीर्तिश्च स तीर्थफलमश्नुते
yasya hastau ca pādau ca manaścaiva susaṃyatam | vidyā tapaśca kīrtiśca sa tīrthaphalamaśnute
കൈകളും കാലുകളും മനസ്സും സുസംയമിതമായും, വിദ്യ, തപസ്, സുകീർത്തി എന്നിവയാൽ സമ്പന്നനായവൻ—അവൻ തന്നെയാണ് തീർത്ഥഫലം യഥാർത്ഥത്തിൽ അനുഭവിക്കുന്നത്।
Skanda (deduced from ethical framing of tīrtha-fruit)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A disciplined pilgrim walking barefoot with measured steps, hands restrained from harm, mind focused; a teacher reciting texts nearby; the pilgrim’s aura suggests tapas and earned kīrti.
FAQs
The true ‘result’ of pilgrimage depends on inner restraint and dharmic character, not merely reaching a location.
The teaching applies to tīrthas generally, within the Prabhāsakṣetra glorification that frames pilgrimage to Someśvara.
A moral prescription: restrain actions (hands, feet) and mind; cultivate learning and austerity to receive tīrtha-phala.