Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26
सैकोनविंशतिशतं तीर्थान्येकैकशो द्विजाः । स्तबकेषु कृतं तीर्थं द्विशतं सचतुर्दशम्
saikonaviṃśatiśataṃ tīrthānyekaikaśo dvijāḥ | stabakeṣu kṛtaṃ tīrthaṃ dviśataṃ sacaturdaśam
Wahai para dvija, jika dihitung satu demi satu, tīrtha berjumlah seratus sembilan belas. Dan dalam ‘stabaka’ (kelompok-kelompok), tīrtha yang didirikan berjumlah dua ratus empat belas.
A sage (muni), addressing dvijas
Tirtha: Revā tīrtha-samūha (aggregate)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dwijas (brahmin audience)
Scene: A teaching scene where the sage announces precise numbers of tīrthas—119 individually and 214 in clusters—while disciples record the counts on palm leaves beside a flowing river.
FAQs
The Purāṇa systematizes holiness: sacred places are not random but carefully enumerated, guiding pilgrims toward disciplined devotional travel.
No single site; the verse summarizes the overall count of tīrthas in this Revā Khaṇḍa listing, including grouped ‘stabaka’ collections.
None; the focus is archival—counting and organizing tīrthas for pilgrims and reciters.