Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
भ्रांतोऽहं भूतले यानि तीर्थान्यायतनानि च । नचैष मेध्यतां प्राप्तः परिश्रांतोस्मि सांप्रतम्
bhrāṃto'haṃ bhūtale yāni tīrthānyāyatanāni ca | nacaiṣa medhyatāṃ prāptaḥ pariśrāṃtosmi sāṃpratam
“میں زمین پر جتنے تیرتھ اور مقدس آستانے ہیں، سب کی خاک چھان چکا؛ مگر یہ میدھیتا کو نہیں پہنچا۔ اب میں بالکل نڈھال ہو گیا ہوں۔”
Viśvāmitra
Listener: (unnamed interlocutor)
Scene: A travel-worn Viśvāmitra, dust on garments, staff in hand, stands amid a montage of shrines and river-fords; Triśaṅku remains unchanged, emphasizing the frustration of unfulfilled purification.
FAQs
Not all obstacles dissolve through mere travel; the right sacred locus and the right rite, approached with faith, are emphasized in tīrthamāhātmya literature.
The verse contrasts many tīrthas with the yet-to-be-disclosed extraordinary kṣetra that will accomplish the purification.
General pilgrimage to tīrthas and āyatanas is referenced, but no specific rite is prescribed in this verse.