Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41
लुङ्केश्वरे च तीर्थानां साग्रा सप्तशती स्थिता । तीर्थान्यष्टोत्तरशतं मणिनद्याश्च सङ्गमे । वैद्यनाथे च तीर्थानां शतमष्टाधिकं विदुः
luṅkeśvare ca tīrthānāṃ sāgrā saptaśatī sthitā | tīrthānyaṣṭottaraśataṃ maṇinadyāśca saṅgame | vaidyanāthe ca tīrthānāṃ śatamaṣṭādhikaṃ viduḥ
In Luṅkeśvara weilen siebenhundert Tīrthas und noch mehr. Am Zusammenfluss der Maṇinadī sind es hundertacht Tīrthas. Und in Vaidyanātha, so weiß man, zählen die Tīrthas hundertacht.
Mārkaṇḍeya (as referenced in this adhyāya’s narration)
Tirtha: Luṅkeśvara; Maṇinadī-saṅgama; Vaidyanātha
Type: sangam
Listener: Dvijāḥ
Scene: A pilgrimage map-like tableau: three stations—Luṅkeśvara shrine, Maṇinadī confluence with two streams meeting, and Vaidyanātha liṅga—each surrounded by small symbolic tīrtha-icons (mini-ghāṭas, kundas, liṅgas) indicating their counted presences.
FAQs
Śiva-sites and river confluences are portrayed as reservoirs of accumulated sanctity, where many tīrthas converge in spiritual potency.
Luṅkeśvara, the Maṇinadī-saṅgama, and Vaidyanātha—each praised for hosting large numbers of tīrthas (notably 108 at the latter two).
No explicit injunction is stated; the emphasis is on the site’s sanctity, implying worship and tīrtha-practice there.