Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
उत्तमेनेह वर्णेन द्रव्यलोभादिना नृप । नाधमस्य क्वचित्कार्यं तीर्थयात्रादिसेवनम्
uttameneha varṇena dravyalobhādinā nṛpa | nādhamasya kvacitkāryaṃ tīrthayātrādisevanam
اے نَرِپ! یہاں تیرتھ یاترا اور اس جیسے ورت و آچرن صرف عالی خصلت انسان کو کرنے چاہییں؛ جو شخص دولت کی لالچ وغیرہ سے اُکسایا گیا پست فطرت ہو، اس کے لیے کہیں بھی تیرتھ سیوا مناسب نہیں۔
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: तīrtha-sevā-adhikāra (eligibility for pilgrimage service)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: The sage admonishes: a greedy traveler with money-bag is turned away from a tīrtha gate, while a humble pilgrim is welcomed; the contrast illustrates adhikāra.
FAQs
Tīrtha practice is validated by inner motive; greed and low intent corrupt religious acts, while noble intention makes pilgrimage meaningful.
No particular site; it provides a moral qualification for tīrtha-sevā in general.
A qualification rule: pilgrimage and allied rites should not be pursued with dravya-lobha (greed for wealth) or by adhamas (base-minded persons).