Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
निष्कामा स्वर्गमाप्नोति दुष्प्राप्यं त्रिदशैरपि । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन यात्रां तस्य समाचरेत्
niṣkāmā svargamāpnoti duṣprāpyaṃ tridaśairapi | tasmātsarvaprayatnena yātrāṃ tasya samācaret
निष्कामः पुरुषः स्वर्गं प्राप्नोति, यत् त्रिदशैरपि दुष्प्राप्यम्; तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्नेन तस्य तीर्थस्य यात्रां समाचरेत्।
Pulastya (deduced from immediate narrative context continuing into Adhyāya 6:1)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim renunciant-like figure, calm and unadorned, walking toward a sacred mountain tīrtha with minimal possessions; a subtle celestial vista suggests the ‘rare heaven’ promised.
FAQs
Pilgrimage and merit bear the highest fruit when pursued without selfish desire.
The same tīrtha praised in Arbuda Khaṇḍa; the verse explicitly urges undertaking its yātrā.
Yātrā—undertaking pilgrimage to the tīrtha (with wholehearted effort).