Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
कच्छपैर्मकरैश्चान्ये जग्मुरन्ये पदातयः । प्राप्य ते परमं स्थानमशक्यं यदधार्मिकैः
kacchapairmakaraiścānye jagmuranye padātayaḥ | prāpya te paramaṃ sthānamaśakyaṃ yadadhārmikaiḥ
บางพวกไปโดยขึ้นบนเต่าและมกร บางพวกไปด้วยเท้า ครั้นแล้วจึงถึงสถานอันสูงสุด ซึ่งผู้ไร้ธรรมย่อมไม่อาจเข้าถึงได้
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Revā Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Jāleśvara (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pāṇḍunandana
Scene: A mixed procession: some devas ride turtles and makaras across cosmic waters, others walk; ahead shines an inaccessible luminous realm, with a subtle boundary that repels shadowy adharmic figures.
FAQs
Spiritual realms and higher states are approached through dharma; adharma blocks access to the ‘paramaṃ sthānam’.
No named tīrtha in this verse; it contrasts dharmic eligibility with adharmic exclusion in a cosmological setting.
None explicitly; the emphasis is ethical (dharma) rather than ritual.