Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
विस्तरेण च संख्या स्यादपि वर्षशतैरपि । असंख्यानीह तीर्थानि पुण्यान्यायतनानि च । पदेपदे गृहाण्येव निर्मितानि महर्षिभिः
vistareṇa ca saṃkhyā syādapi varṣaśatairapi | asaṃkhyānīha tīrthāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca | padepade gṛhāṇyeva nirmitāni maharṣibhiḥ
Even if one were to enumerate them in full detail, the count would not be completed even over hundreds of years. Here are countless tīrthas and holy sanctuaries; at every step there are āśramas and dwellings built by great seers.
Pulastya
Tirtha: Arbuda (collective tīrtha-field)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahārāja (king)
Scene: A panoramic sacred mountain landscape: multiple small shrines, kundas, and hermitages scattered along paths; rishis building huts; pilgrims moving from one spot to another, conveying ‘at every step’ sanctity.
FAQs
Sacred landscapes are portrayed as inexhaustible reservoirs of merit, shaped and sanctified by ṛṣis over ages.
The Arbuda region as a whole—presented as dense with innumerable tīrthas and sanctuaries.
No specific rite; the verse motivates tīrtha-yātrā by emphasizing abundance of holy sites.