Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
दृष्ट्वादृष्ट्वा जलस्थानं स्नानं चक्रे ततः परम् । स तदा श्रममापन्नो भ्रममाण इतस्ततः
dṛṣṭvādṛṣṭvā jalasthānaṃ snānaṃ cakre tataḥ param | sa tadā śramamāpanno bhramamāṇa itastataḥ
ایک کے بعد ایک آبی مقام دیکھ کر وہ بار بار غسل کرتا رہا۔ پھر ادھر اُدھر بھٹکتے ہوئے وہ تھکن سے نڈھال ہو گیا۔
Skanda (contextual attribution within Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Puṣkara-kṣetra jalasthānas (subsidiary tīrthas)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A weary pilgrim moves from one pool to another, dripping from repeated baths, sun overhead, body tired yet face earnest; the landscape shows many small water-sites.
FAQs
Pilgrimage often involves exertion; perseverance in tīrtha-practice is portrayed as part of dharma.
Puṣkara’s sacred waters (jalam-sthānas) where ritual bathing is performed.
Tīrtha-snān (ritual bathing) is described as being performed repeatedly at various water-sites.