Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25
दुर्व्याख्येयस्त्वयं श्लोको धनं लभ्यं न चैव नः । तीर्थयात्रां कथं यामीत्येवाचिंत्यात्र चागताः
durvyākhyeyastvayaṃ śloko dhanaṃ labhyaṃ na caiva naḥ | tīrthayātrāṃ kathaṃ yāmītyevāciṃtyātra cāgatāḥ
இந்தச் சுலோகம் உண்மையிலேயே விளக்க இயலாதது; எங்களுக்குச் செல்வமும் கிடைக்கவில்லை. ‘அப்படியெனில் தீர்த்தயாத்திரை எவ்வாறு செய்வோம்?’ என்ற கவலையுடன் இங்கே வந்தோம்।
Unspecified narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa dialogue, likely Sūta’s narration)
Tirtha: Generic ‘tīrthāni’ (plural; unspecified)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nārada
Scene: The petitioners sit before Nārada, worried and empty-handed, holding the manuscript; behind them a faint imagined panorama of rivers, ghats, and temples symbolizes the desired tīrtha-journey.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is a dharmic aspiration, but it should be guided by right counsel and understanding rather than anxiety and material calculation alone.
The verse speaks generally of tīrthayātrā (pilgrimage) without naming a particular site.
None directly; the focus is on the intention to undertake tīrthayātrā and the need for guidance.