Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34
ततो यथोक्तविधिना स भोजो नृपसत्तमः । वस्त्रापथक्षेत्र यात्रां परिवारजनैः सह । कृत्वा कृतार्थतां प्राप्तो जगामान्ते परं पदम्
tato yathoktavidhinā sa bhojo nṛpasattamaḥ | vastrāpathakṣetra yātrāṃ parivārajanaiḥ saha | kṛtvā kṛtārthatāṃ prāpto jagāmānte paraṃ padam
പിന്നീട് നൃപശ്രേഷ്ഠനായ ഭോജൻ പറഞ്ഞവിധിപ്രകാരം കുടുംബജനങ്ങളോടുകൂടെ വസ്ത്രാപഥക്ഷേത്രയാത്ര നടത്തി. ഇങ്ങനെ കൃതാർത്ഥനായി അവസാനം പരമപദം പ്രാപിച്ചു।
Īśvara
Tirtha: Vastrāpathakṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Primary frame-audience
Scene: King Bhoja leads a pilgrimage procession—royal yet restrained—moving toward Vastrāpathakṣetra; banners lowered in reverence, pilgrims carrying water pots and offerings; the destination shrine/tīrtha appears ahead; final panel suggests ascent to ‘param padam’.
FAQs
Pilgrimage performed according to proper rites, with sincerity, leads to fulfilment and the highest spiritual goal.
Vastrāpathakṣetra, a sacred site within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, is explicitly named as the yātrā destination.
The yātrā should be done yathokta-vidhi—according to the prescribed method taught in the preceding narrative.