Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66
ततः क्रांतार्धमार्गस्य प्रयाग दृढचेतसः । पुंसः शरीरान्निर्यातुमपेक्षेत पदांतरम्
tataḥ krāṃtārdhamārgasya prayāga dṛḍhacetasaḥ | puṃsaḥ śarīrānniryātumapekṣeta padāṃtaram
मग, हे प्रयाग! दृढचित्त पुरुषाने अर्धा मार्ग पार करताच त्याचे पाप देहातून निघून जाण्यास उद्यत होते, फक्त पुढील पावलाची वाट पाहते.
Skanda
Tirtha: Prayāga (Tīrtharāja)
Type: sangam
Listener: null
Scene: A road scene at the halfway mark: the pilgrim strides forward with steady gaze; a dark, smoky figure symbolizing sin slips away from his body, hovering behind, as if waiting for the next step to vanish.
FAQs
Resolute pilgrimage itself becomes purificatory; the journey toward a great tīrtha is spiritually efficacious.
Prayāga, addressed directly as the sacred destination.
No formal rite; it emphasizes firm resolve and the sanctifying act of traveling to the tīrtha.