Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5
वस्त्रापथस्य श्वेतस्य फल्गुतीर्थं स्य चापि याः । केदारस्य तथान्येषां क्षेत्राणां कोटिशोऽपि याः
vastrāpathasya śvetasya phalgutīrthaṃ sya cāpi yāḥ | kedārasya tathānyeṣāṃ kṣetrāṇāṃ koṭiśo'pi yāḥ
وكذلك حضرتْ الآلهةُ الحارسةُ لفَسْترابَثا وشْوِيتا وفَلْغوتيرثا، وكذلك لكيدارا، بل ولأماكنَ مقدّسةٍ لا تُحصى عدداً.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual attribution for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Kedāra (explicit); Vastrāpatha/Śveta/Phalgutīrtha (named tīrthas)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A procession of personified tīrthas and kṣetra-devatās arrives from many directions—some bearing river emblems, some mountain insignia—moving toward a radiant celestial assembly hall.
FAQs
The sacred landscape is vast and inexhaustible; dharma recognizes innumerable kṣetras, each with divine guardianship.
Kedāra is explicitly named along with Vastrāpatha, Śveta, and Phalgutīrtha, indicating a broad tīrtha network.
No direct prescription; the verse continues the enumeration of tīrthas and their presiding deities.