शतं सरस्वतीसङ्गे शुक्लतीर्थे शतद्वयम् । सहस्रं विष्णुतीर्थेषु महिष्मत्यामथायुतम्
śataṃ sarasvatīsaṅge śuklatīrthe śatadvayam | sahasraṃ viṣṇutīrtheṣu mahiṣmatyāmathāyutam
സരസ്വതീ-സംഗമത്തിൽ നൂറ് തീർത്ഥങ്ങൾ; ശുക്ല-തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ ഇരുനൂറ്. വിഷ്ണു-തീർത്ഥങ്ങളിൽ ആയിരം; മഹീഷ്മതിയിൽ പിന്നെയും പത്തായിരം തീർത്ഥങ്ങൾ ഉണ്ട്.
Mārkaṇḍeya (as referenced in this adhyāya’s narration)
Tirtha: Sarasvatī-saṅga; Śukla-tīrtha; Viṣṇu-tīrthas; Mahīṣmatī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sequence tableau: Sarasvatī confluence with scholars and veena motif; Śukla-tīrtha with white-clad devotees and bright steps; Viṣṇu-tīrthas with a small Viṣṇu shrine and tulasī; Mahīṣmatī as a fortified river-city with ghāṭs, temples, and boats on the Narmadā.
Different tīrthas possess different ‘weights’ of sanctity; the text celebrates sacred topography by quantifying tīrtha-presence to inspire faith and pilgrimage.
Sarasvatī-saṅgama, Śukla-tīrtha, the Viṣṇu-tīrthas, and Mahīṣmatī—each praised as a potent locus of many tīrthas.
No explicit rite is stated; the verse functions as māhātmya-style glorification that implicitly encourages snāna, dāna, and darśana.