Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6
स्कंद उवाच । संति पुण्यजलानीह सरांसि सरितो मुने । स्थाने स्थाने च तीर्थानि जितात्माध्युषितानि च
skaṃda uvāca | saṃti puṇyajalānīha sarāṃsi sarito mune | sthāne sthāne ca tīrthāni jitātmādhyuṣitāni ca
स्कंद बोले—हे मुने! यहाँ अनेक पुण्य-जल हैं—सर और सरिताएँ; तथा स्थान-स्थान पर तीर्थ भी हैं, जो जितेन्द्रिय महात्माओं से अधिष्ठित और पावन हैं।
Skanda
Type: kshetra
Listener: Muni (sage)
Scene: Skanda instructs a sage: the landscape is dotted with lakes, rivers, and tīrthas, each enlivened by ascetics; a map-like sacred geography unfolds.
FAQs
Sacredness is widespread: many waters and places become tīrthas, especially when graced by disciplined holy beings.
Not one named site; the verse introduces the broader tīrtha-network that supports seekers who cannot reach the Gaṅgā.
No single rite is prescribed; it sets up the teaching that multiple sacred waters and tīrthas can serve dharmic practice.