Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
तत्रागतो द्विजः कश्चित्क्षेत्रे तापसरूपधृक् । तीर्थयात्राप्रसंगेन रात्रौ प्राप्तः श्रमान्वितः
tatrāgato dvijaḥ kaścitkṣetre tāpasarūpadhṛk | tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena rātrau prāptaḥ śramānvitaḥ
त्या पवित्र क्षेत्रात एक द्विज आला; तो तपस्व्याचे रूप धारण केलेला होता. तीर्थयात्रेच्या निमित्ताने तो रात्री तेथे पोहोचला, श्रमाने थकून.
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Ajāgṛha
Type: kshetra
Scene: A brāhmaṇa pilgrim in ascetic garb arrives at Ajāgṛha at night, weary, carrying a staff/waterpot, looking for a safe resting place near the sacred spot.
FAQs
Pilgrimage (tīrthayātrā) places the seeker into sacred encounters; fatigue and hardship become part of dharmic travel and its fruits.
The kṣetra associated with Ajāgṛha, where the legend’s pilgrim arrives.
None explicitly; the verse situates the merit-bearing act of tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage).