Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25
दुर्व्याख्येयस्त्वयं श्लोको धनं लभ्यं न चैव नः । तीर्थयात्रां कथं यामीत्येवाचिंत्यात्र चागताः
durvyākhyeyastvayaṃ śloko dhanaṃ labhyaṃ na caiva naḥ | tīrthayātrāṃ kathaṃ yāmītyevāciṃtyātra cāgatāḥ
此偈实难解说，而我们亦未得分毫财物。思惟“既如此，如何方能前往诸圣地渡口（tīrtha）朝圣？”我们便在忧惧沉思中来到此处。
Unspecified narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa dialogue, likely Sūta’s narration)
Tirtha: Generic ‘tīrthāni’ (plural; unspecified)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nārada
Scene: The petitioners sit before Nārada, worried and empty-handed, holding the manuscript; behind them a faint imagined panorama of rivers, ghats, and temples symbolizes the desired tīrtha-journey.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is a dharmic aspiration, but it should be guided by right counsel and understanding rather than anxiety and material calculation alone.
The verse speaks generally of tīrthayātrā (pilgrimage) without naming a particular site.
None directly; the focus is on the intention to undertake tīrthayātrā and the need for guidance.