Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39
राजोवाच । भगवन्नत्र तीर्थानि संख्यया रहितानि च । तेषु स्नानविधिः प्रोक्तः सर्वेष्वेव पृथक्पृथक्
rājovāca | bhagavannatra tīrthāni saṃkhyayā rahitāni ca | teṣu snānavidhiḥ proktaḥ sarveṣveva pṛthakpṛthak
ກະສັດເວົ້າວ່າ: ໂອ ພຣະຜູ້ຈະເລີນ! ທີ່ນີ້ມີຕີຣະຖະອັນສັກສິດນັບບໍ່ຖ້ວນ; ແລະວິທີອາບນ້ຳກໍຖືກສອນແຍກເປັນອັນໆ ສຳລັບທຸກໆແຫ່ງ.
King of Ānarta (Rājā)
Listener: Bhagavān/Muni-sattama (the sage)
Scene: A king, hands folded, questions a venerable sage amid a landscape dotted with many tīrtha-ghāṭas and shrines, suggesting an overwhelming sacred geography.
FAQs
When practices are many and detailed, seekers naturally ask for a unifying principle that preserves the essence of Dharma.
No single tīrtha; the king refers to innumerable tīrthas collectively.
Snāna-vidhi is referenced as varying by tīrtha, though no specific steps are listed.
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