Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14
यथेष्टमरणं केचिदाहुस्तत्त्वावबोधकाः । प्रयागे सर्वतीर्थानां राज्ञिसर्वाभिलाषदे
yatheṣṭamaraṇaṃ kecidāhustattvāvabodhakāḥ | prayāge sarvatīrthānāṃ rājñisarvābhilāṣade
काही तत्त्वबोधक म्हणवणारे ‘यथेष्टमरण’ म्हणजे इच्छामृत्यूची चर्चा करतात; आणि प्रयाग दाखवितात—जो सर्व तीर्थांचा राजा व सर्व अभिलाषा देणारा आहे।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Prayāga
Type: sangam
Scene: At the confluence, three rivers are personified; pilgrims bathe at the saṅgama while a group of disputants gestures about ‘yatheṣṭa-maraṇa’. Above, a subtle celestial canopy suggests Prayāga’s tīrtha-rāja status.
FAQs
Purāṇic tradition exalts certain tīrthas as uniquely powerful; Prayāga is praised as granting desired spiritual aims.
Prayāga, celebrated as sarvatīrtha-rāja, the king among pilgrimage places.
Not explicit in this verse; it gestures toward tīrtha-sevana (seeking merit at Prayāga) as a means to attain goals.