Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32
गंतुमुद्दिश्य यो गंगां परार्थस्वार्थमेव वा । न गच्छति परं मोहात्स पतेत्पितृभिः सह
gaṃtumuddiśya yo gaṃgāṃ parārthasvārthameva vā | na gacchati paraṃ mohātsa patetpitṛbhiḥ saha
ผู้ใดออกเดินทางหมายจะไปยังพระแม่คงคา ไม่ว่าเพื่อผู้อื่นหรือเพื่อตนเอง แต่ด้วยโมหะกลับไม่ไป ผู้นั้นย่อมตกต่ำพร้อมกับบรรพชนของตน
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse tone)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (intended pilgrimage)
Type: tirtha
Listener: null
Scene: A pilgrim sets out with staff and waterpot toward the Gaṅgā, but turns back into a fog of delusion; behind him shadowy ancestors stumble downward—an admonitory tableau about broken resolve.
FAQs
A sacred intention (saṅkalpa) toward a tīrtha should be fulfilled; abandoning it through delusion is portrayed as spiritually harmful.
Gaṅgā as the pilgrimage destination, in the Kāśī-khaṇḍa framework.
Completion of intended tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage) to Gaṅgā; no separate rite is detailed.