Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 93
दशकोटिसहस्राणि संति तीर्थानि भूतले । तेषां सान्निध्यमस्त्यत्र धनुष्कोटौ द्विजोत्तमाः
daśakoṭisahasrāṇi saṃti tīrthāni bhūtale | teṣāṃ sānnidhyamastyatra dhanuṣkoṭau dvijottamāḥ
ഭൂതലത്തിൽ ദശകോടി സഹസ്രം തീർത്ഥങ്ങൾ ഉണ്ട്; എന്നാൽ ഹേ ദ്വിജോത്തമന്മാരേ, അവയുടെ സകല സാന്നിധ്യവും ഇവിടെ ധനുഷ്കോടിയിലേകുന്നു.
Sūta (deduced, Setukhaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Dhanuṣkoṭi
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijottamāḥ
Scene: A cosmic map-like vision: innumerable tīrthas across Bhūmaṇḍala are symbolically drawn into Dhanuṣkoṭi, as if their essences stand invisibly around the shore.
FAQs
Some tīrthas are portrayed as ‘tīrtha-samūha’ (convergences), where the merit of many sites is accessible in one place.
Dhanuṣkoṭi, presented as a locus where all other tīrthas are spiritually present.
No specific ritual is stated; the verse establishes Dhanuṣkoṭi’s comprehensive tīrtha-presence.