Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
ऋषय ऊचुः । श्रुतानि मुख्यतीर्थानि तत्क्षेत्रप्रोद्भवानि च । येषु स्नातो नरः स्म्यक्सर्व तीर्थफलं लभेत्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | śrutāni mukhyatīrthāni tatkṣetraprodbhavāni ca | yeṣu snāto naraḥ smyaksarva tīrthaphalaṃ labhet
ഋഷിമാർ പറഞ്ഞു—ആ പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ ഉദ്ഭവിച്ച പ്രധാന തീർത്ഥങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ച് ഞങ്ങൾ ശ്രവിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്; അവയിൽ വിധിപൂർവ്വം സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്ന മനുഷ്യൻ സകല തീർത്ഥഫലവും പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Principal tīrthas within the kṣetra (to be enumerated in the ensuing chapter)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A group of sages seated in a forest-āśrama asking about the region’s chief tīrthas; in the background, a stylized map-like panorama of multiple ghāṭas, kuṇḍas, and shrines within one kṣetra.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is framed as concentrated sacred merit: certain tīrthas are said to confer the fruit of many through proper bathing.
The sages refer to the tīrthas arising within the same kṣetra under discussion (Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra in this section’s frame).
Snāna (ritual bathing) performed ‘samyak’ (properly) in the chief tīrthas.