Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 100
गंतव्यानि महादेवि स्वधर्मस्य विवृद्धये । अशक्यानि शिवान्येवं गंतुं चैव सुरेश्वरि । मनसा तानि सर्वाणि गंतव्यानि समाहितैः
gaṃtavyāni mahādevi svadharmasya vivṛddhaye | aśakyāni śivānyevaṃ gaṃtuṃ caiva sureśvari | manasā tāni sarvāṇi gaṃtavyāni samāhitaiḥ
اے مہادیوی، اپنے دھرم کی افزونی کے لیے ان تیرتھوں کی یاترا کرنی چاہیے۔ مگر اے شیوہ، اے دیوتاؤں کی ملکہ، یوں سب جگہ جانا ناممکن ہے؛ اس لیے یکسو دل کے ساتھ من ہی من سب تیرتھوں کی یاترا کرنی چاہیے۔
Śiva
Tirtha: Mānasa-tīrtha-yātrā (doctrinal tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī (Mahādevī, Sureśvarī)
Scene: Pārvatī and Śiva in calm dialogue; behind them a cosmic map-like vision of countless tīrthas appearing as luminous points. A devotee sits in meditation, ‘traveling’ inwardly to those sites.
FAQs
When physical pilgrimage is not feasible, sincere mental pilgrimage with a focused mind is affirmed as a dharmic alternative.
The teaching applies to all tīrthas, within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya’s broader glorification of sacred travel.
Practice mānasa-yātrā (mental visitation) with samāhita-citta (collected attention) to access tīrtha merit.