Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
तावद्द्विजानि गर्जंति तावद्गर्जति पातकम् । तावत्तीर्थान्यनेकानि यावद्भक्तिं न विंदति
tāvaddvijāni garjaṃti tāvadgarjati pātakam | tāvattīrthānyanekāni yāvadbhaktiṃ na viṃdati
只要二次生者（dvija）仍在争辩中咆哮，只要罪业也随之咆哮；只要诸多圣地（tīrtha）仍被称作“许多”——直到真正得证虔爱（bhakti）。
Unknown (Tīrthamāhātmya context; internal narrator not provided in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A group of disputing brāhmaṇas ‘roaring’ in argument, while a dark personified Pātaka roars alongside; in contrast, a quiet devotee with tulasī-mālā and folded hands stands serene, and the many tīrthas appear as scattered river-ghāṭas fading into one luminous heart-lotus.
FAQs
Without bhakti, both sin and religious noise persist; devotion is presented as the key that fulfills the purpose of tīrtha.
The verse speaks generically of ‘many tīrthas’ and does not identify a single named location.
No specific rite is prescribed; the teaching is to attain bhakti, which gives pilgrimage its true fruit.
Read Skanda Purana in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with audio, word-by-word meanings, and more.