Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30
कृष्ण उवाच । मा गयां गच्छ कौंतेय मा गंगां मा च पुष्करम् । तत्र गच्छ कुरुश्रेष्ठ यत्र प्राची सरस्वती
kṛṣṇa uvāca | mā gayāṃ gaccha kauṃteya mā gaṃgāṃ mā ca puṣkaram | tatra gaccha kuruśreṣṭha yatra prācī sarasvatī
कृष्ण म्हणाले—“हे कौन्तेय, गयेला जाऊ नकोस; गंगेला किंवा पुष्करालाही जाऊ नकोस. हे कुरुश्रेष्ठ, जिथे प्राची सरस्वती वाहते तिथे जा.”
Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana/Nārāyaṇa)
Tirtha: Prācī Sarasvatī
Type: river
Listener: Kaunteya / Kuruśreṣṭha (addressed)
Scene: Kṛṣṇa speaks authoritatively, redirecting the pilgrim: ‘Do not go to Gayā, Gaṅgā, or Puṣkara; go where the Prācī Sarasvatī flows.’ The moment feels like a map being redrawn by divine command.
FAQs
Not all pilgrimages are equal in every context; dharma directs the seeker to the most fitting and efficacious tīrtha.
Prācī Sarasvatī tīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra is explicitly singled out as the destination.
A pilgrimage instruction is given: go to Prācī Sarasvatī for the purificatory practice that follows (snāna and observance).