Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48
एवं तस्य प्रवृत्तस्य कश्चित्पर्वतदेशतः । समागमिष्यति धनी तीर्थयात्रार्थसिद्धये
evaṃ tasya pravṛttasya kaścitparvatadeśataḥ | samāgamiṣyati dhanī tīrthayātrārthasiddhaye
Khi hắn còn đang hành xử như vậy, có một người giàu từ miền núi sẽ đến, cầu mong thành tựu mục đích của cuộc hành hương đến các bến thánh (tīrtha).
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Scene: A wealthy pilgrim, travel-worn, arrives from a mountainous landscape into the dense sacred city; he carries gifts and looks toward the tīrtha with hopeful resolve.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is undertaken for spiritual “success,” and such success is intertwined with dharmic conduct, especially dāna and discernment.
Tīrtha-yātrā is referenced generally; the immediate narrative soon points to a specific water-body (Cakrasarasa).
The verse implies tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage) as a dharmic practice, without detailing a specific rite here.