Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
स तीर्थान्यग्रतः कृत्वा मध्ये कृत्वा तु शोभनम् । प्रयागं तीर्थराजं च प्रहृष्टं क्षेत्रदर्शनात्
sa tīrthānyagrataḥ kṛtvā madhye kṛtvā tu śobhanam | prayāgaṃ tīrtharājaṃ ca prahṛṣṭaṃ kṣetradarśanāt
அவன் தீர்த்தங்களை முன்னே வைத்தான்; நடுவில் அழகிய பிரயாகம்—தீர்த்தராஜன்—அதை வைத்தான்; புனித க்ஷேத்திர தரிசனத்தால் அவன் பேரானந்தம் அடைந்தான்।
Prahlāda (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Prayāga (Tīrtharāja)
Type: sangam
Scene: A grand symbolic procession of personified tīrthas: many holy places at the front; in the center sits the splendid Prayāga as a regal figure at a confluence, smiling with joy upon beholding the sacred kṣetra ahead.
FAQs
Sacred travel is structured by reverence—honoring renowned tīrthas like Prayāga while moving within a larger dharmic pilgrimage.
Prayāga is explicitly glorified as tīrtha-rāja, the king among pilgrimage places.
No explicit rite; the verse emphasizes kṣetra-darśana (holy visitation) and the honoring/precedence given to major tīrthas.