Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
के ग्रामाः कानि तीर्थानि के नगाः सरितश्च काः । नामभिर्वद नः सूत सर्वाण्येतानि विस्तरात्
ke grāmāḥ kāni tīrthāni ke nagāḥ saritaśca kāḥ | nāmabhirvada naḥ sūta sarvāṇyetāni vistarāt
কোনবোৰ গাঁও, কোনবোৰ তীৰ্থ, কোনবোৰ পৰ্বত, আৰু কোনবোৰ নদী? হে সূত, নামসহ এই সকলোকে আমাক বিস্তাৰে কোৱা।
Ṛṣis (addressing Sūta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: Sages lean forward as Sūta prepares to recite a long list; a scroll unfurls showing columns: grāma, tīrtha, naga, sarit; behind them a stylized regional map emerges.
FAQs
Accurate naming and remembrance of sacred places is itself part of dharma, enabling correct pilgrimage practice and transmission of tīrtha-knowledge.
The verse calls for a comprehensive catalogue; individual sites begin to be specified immediately afterward.
No direct prescription; it requests detailed identification that supports later rites like snāna, darśana, and pradakṣiṇā.