Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29
मनसा गच्छ दुर्गाणि ददद्दानमनुत्तमम् । नश्येत्तेनाशुभं किंचिदपि ब्रह्मवधोद्भवम् । यन्न याति नृणां राजंस्तीर्थस्नानादिना भुवि
manasā gaccha durgāṇi dadaddānamanuttamam | naśyettenāśubhaṃ kiṃcidapi brahmavadhodbhavam | yanna yāti nṛṇāṃ rājaṃstīrthasnānādinā bhuvi
Wahai Raja, pergilah—walau hanya dengan tekad yang teguh—ke tempat-tempat suci yang sukar dan jauh, sambil mengurniakan sedekah yang tiada bandingan. Dengan itu, segala yang tidak suci—bahkan yang timbul daripada dosa membunuh brāhmaṇa—akan lenyap; suatu penyucian yang manusia tidak peroleh di bumi hanya dengan mandi tīrtha dan seumpamanya semata-mata.
Pulastya (deduced from adjoining verse context)
FAQs
Purification is intensified when pilgrimage is joined with extraordinary charity and sincere resolve, surpassing ritual alone.
No single tīrtha is isolated; the verse broadens the praise to arduous tīrthas generally, within the Arbuda pilgrimage narrative.
Dāna (generous giving) alongside tīrtha-yātrā; the verse contrasts this with “tīrtha-snānādi” (bathing and related rites) when done without that fuller discipline.