Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
षष्टिश्चैव सहस्राणि तत्र सिद्धेश्वरे स्थिताः । सप्त चैव सहस्राणि मार्कंडेये तु संस्थिताः
ṣaṣṭiścaiva sahasrāṇi tatra siddheśvare sthitāḥ | sapta caiva sahasrāṇi mārkaṃḍeye tu saṃsthitāḥ
तेथे सिद्धेश्वरी साठ सहस्र स्थित आहेत; आणि मार्कंडेय येथेही सात सहस्र संस्थित आहेत।
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Siddheśvara; Mārkaṇḍeya-tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two shrine-zones: Siddheśvara with an intense yogic aura—siddhas hovering or seated in deep samādhi; Mārkaṇḍeya grove with a venerable sage teaching disciples near a liṅga and sacred trees.
FAQs
Certain tīrthas are famed as concentrated fields of spiritual attainment, indicated by the multitude of established beings.
Siddheśvara and Mārkaṇḍeya sites within Prabhāsakṣetra.
None explicitly; the verse serves as tīrtha-māhātmya through enumerative praise.