Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 16
मृत्तिका ताम्रपात्रेण त्यक्ता बाह्ये ततः स्वयम् । सर्वेषामेव तीर्थानामाहृत्योदक मुत्तमम्
mṛttikā tāmrapātreṇa tyaktā bāhye tataḥ svayam | sarveṣāmeva tīrthānāmāhṛtyodaka muttamam
ثم أُخرج التراب المحفور إلى الخارج بإناءٍ من النحاس؛ وبعد ذلك جلبتُ أنا بنفسي ماءً فائقًا جُمِع من جميع التيـرثات، مواضع الاغتسال المقدّسة.
Nārada
Tirtha: Nāradīya-saras
Type: kund
Listener: Pārtha
Scene: A copper vessel gleams as earth is carried out; then the same figure pours luminous waters symbolically gathered from many tīrthas—suggested by tiny emblematic streams merging into one.
FAQs
A sanctified site can embody the collective potency of many tīrthas through consecrated actions and sacred waters.
Nāradīya-saras, described as being filled with water gathered from all tīrthas.
Use of ritual purity implements (like a copper vessel) and the consecratory bringing of tīrtha-waters (tīrtha-jala-saṅgraha).