Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 17
पादगम्यं हि यत्किंचिद्वस्त्वस्ति धरणीतले । तद्भूर्लोक इति ख्यातः साब्धिद्वीपाद्रिकाननम्
pādagamyaṃ hi yatkiṃcidvastvasti dharaṇītale | tadbhūrloka iti khyātaḥ sābdhidvīpādrikānanam
ഭൂമിയുടെ ഉപരിതലത്തിൽ കാല്നടയായി എത്തിച്ചേരാനാകുന്നതെല്ലാം ‘ഭൂർലോകം’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധം—സമുദ്രങ്ങൾ, ദ്വീപുകൾ, പർവതങ്ങൾ, വനങ്ങൾ എന്നിവയോടുകൂടി।
Skanda
Tirtha: Bhūrloka (as the aggregate field of tīrthas)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇa addressee / assembled ṛṣis (frame-dependent)
Scene: A pilgrim’s-eye map of Earth: concentric oceans and islands, mountain ranges, and dense forests, with a barefoot pilgrim path winding through—emphasizing ‘reachable by foot’.
FAQs
The lived world (Bhūrloka) is itself a sacred field for dharma—where pilgrimage, charity, restraint, and worship bear fruit.
No single site is singled out; the verse defines the earthly realm that contains all tīrthas.
None directly; it provides a definition rather than a practice.