Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन तत्तीर्थवरमाश्रयेत् । य इच्छेच्छाश्वतं स्वर्गं सदैव मनुजो द्विजाः
tasmātsarvaprayatnena tattīrthavaramāśrayet | ya icchecchāśvataṃ svargaṃ sadaiva manujo dvijāḥ
म्हणून, हे द्विजांनो! जो मनुष्य शाश्वत स्वर्ग इच्छितो, त्याने सर्व प्रयत्नांनी त्या श्रेष्ठ तीर्थाचा आश्रय घ्यावा।
Skanda (deduced from Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Tīrtha-vara (unnamed in excerpt)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijāḥ
Scene: A teacher-figure addresses assembled brāhmaṇas, pointing toward a shining tīrtha in the distance; pilgrims prepare with staffs and waterpots, symbolizing determined effort toward svarga.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma encourages deliberate pilgrimage: sustained effort toward sacred places is itself a spiritual discipline.
The ‘excellent tīrtha’ described in this chapter—centered on Śūdrakeśvara in the Gaṅgā–Yamunā region.
A general injunction: āśraya (resort to/visit and stay at) the tīrtha with full effort, implying observance of its rites.