Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
तीर्थे संचरितः पुरुषो रोगैः प्राणान्विमुञ्चति । अदृष्ट्वा दैवतं तीर्थे दृष्टतीर्थफलं लभेत्
tīrthe saṃcaritaḥ puruṣo rogaiḥ prāṇānvimuñcati | adṛṣṭvā daivataṃ tīrthe dṛṣṭatīrthaphalaṃ labhet
تیِرتھ میں گھومنے والا آدمی بیماریوں کے سبب جان بھی گنوا سکتا ہے؛ پھر بھی وہاں دیوتا کے دیدار کے بغیر بھی وہ تیِرتھ درشن کا پھل پا لیتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sick pilgrim supported by companions walks within the tīrtha precinct; he collapses or passes away before reaching the deity’s shrine, yet a subtle divine radiance indicates the tīrtha’s unseen grace granting the fruit of ‘darśana’.
FAQs
The sanctity of a tīrtha is intrinsic; sincere arrival and contact with the sacred place itself is credited with merit, even when circumstances prevent full darśana.
Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in the Prabhāsa region, within the Skanda Purāṇa’s tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes tīrtha-saṃcaraṇa (pilgrimage movement/visit) and its credited fruit.