Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
ततो वैराग्यमापन्नस्तीर्थयात्रापरायणः । बभूव श्रद्धयायुक्तस्त्यक्त्वा भेषजमुत्तमम्
tato vairāgyamāpannastīrthayātrāparāyaṇaḥ | babhūva śraddhayāyuktastyaktvā bheṣajamuttamam
அப்போது வைராக்யம் அடைந்து அவன் தீர்த்தயாத்திரையில் ஈடுபட்டான்; பக்திச் சிரத்தையுடன் சிறந்த மருந்தையும் விட்டு வைத்தான்।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya context; speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Scene: Soma, holding a medicine bowl, pauses; with a calm, detached gaze he sets it aside, takes a pilgrim’s staff and water-pot, and turns toward a road lined with tīrtha markers and distant shrines.
FAQs
When worldly remedies fail, śraddhā and tīrtha-yātrā become a higher medicine—turning suffering into spiritual transformation.
The verse points generally to tīrtha pilgrimage, preparing the narrative focus on Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
Pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) itself is presented as the chosen discipline; no specific vow, donation, or mantra is named here.