Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 197
एकया लभ्यते राज्यं स्वर्गश्चैव द्वितीयया । तृतीयया भवेन्मोक्षो यात्रया तत्र पार्थिव
ekayā labhyate rājyaṃ svargaścaiva dvitīyayā | tṛtīyayā bhavenmokṣo yātrayā tatra pārthiva
اے بادشاہ! وہاں ایک یاترا سے راج ملتا ہے، دوسری سے سُورگ، اور تیسری یاترا سے موکش حاصل ہوتا ہے۔
Pulastya (deduced from immediate continuation in Adhyāya 37)
Tirtha: Arbuda-yātrā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārthiva (king)
Scene: A triptych-like visualization: the same pilgrim visiting Arbuda three times—first crowned in sovereignty, second ascending to heaven, third dissolving into serene liberation light at the sacred mountain.
FAQs
Repeated pilgrimage deepens merit—from worldly prosperity to heavenly reward, culminating in liberation.
Arbuda-kṣetra (Arbudaparvata), praised as a place whose yātrā yields escalating spiritual fruits.
The implied prescription is undertaking yātrā (pilgrimage) to Arbuda, even repeatedly.