Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
संति तीर्थान्यनेकानि पुण्यान्यायतनानि च । पुण्यतोया पवित्रश्च सरितः सागरास्तथा । बहुपुण्यप्रदा पृथ्वी स्थानेस्थाने पदेपदे
saṃti tīrthānyanekāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca | puṇyatoyā pavitraśca saritaḥ sāgarāstathā | bahupuṇyapradā pṛthvī sthānesthāne padepade
അനേകം തീർത്ഥങ്ങളും അനേകം പുണ്യായതനങ്ങളും ഉണ്ട്। നദികളും സമുദ്രങ്ങളും പവിത്രം; അവയുടെ ജലം പുണ്യപ്രദം. ഭൂമി സ്ഥലസ്ഥലങ്ങളിൽ, പടിപടിയായി മഹാപുണ്യം നൽകുന്നു।
Bhadra (continuing instruction)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sweeping ‘map-like’ tableau: multiple tīrthas, rivers flowing to the ocean, scattered sanctuaries across the earth; pilgrims walking, each step leaving a faint lotus imprint to show merit at every pace.
FAQs
Sacredness permeates the world; sincere movement through holy places, waters, and shrines generates merit at every step.
The verse praises the general tīrtha-network within the Vastrāpatha/Prabhāsa sacred landscape rather than naming one single spot.
Implied pilgrimage and contact with purifying waters (rivers/oceans), though no single ritual is specified.