Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 110
गन्धर्वाप्सरसो नागाः खुराग्रेषु व्यवस्थिताः । पृथिव्यां सागरान्तायां यानि तीर्थानि भारत । तानि सर्वाणि जानीयाद्गौर्गव्यं तेन पावनम्
gandharvāpsaraso nāgāḥ khurāgreṣu vyavasthitāḥ | pṛthivyāṃ sāgarāntāyāṃ yāni tīrthāni bhārata | tāni sarvāṇi jānīyādgaurgavyaṃ tena pāvanam
ഗന്ധർവന്മാരും അപ്സരസ്സുകളും നാഗന്മാരും അവളുടെ കുളമ്പുകളുടെ അഗ്രങ്ങളിൽ വസിക്കുന്നു. ഹേ ഭാരത, സമുദ്രാന്തമായ ഭൂമിയിലെ എല്ലാ തീർത്ഥങ്ങളും ഗോമാതാവിൽ തന്നെയുണ്ടെന്ന് അറിയുക; അതിനാൽ ഗവ്യമായതെല്ലാം പാവനമാണ്.
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from nearby dialogue context)
Tirtha: Go (as sarva-tīrtha-ādhāra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (Bhārata)
Scene: A majestic cow stands with luminous hoof-tips where Gandharvas, Apsarases, and Nāgas appear as tiny divine beings; around her, miniature icons of famous tirthas encircle the earth, implying their presence within her.
FAQs
Sacred geography culminates in a portable sanctity: the cow is portrayed as containing all tīrthas, making service to her a concentrated form of merit.
All tīrthas collectively are invoked; the verse universalizes pilgrimage-merit through Gau-māhātmya.
An implied endorsement of using and honoring gavya (cow-derived substances) as purifying, grounded in their tīrtha-equivalence.