Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
यानि तीर्थान्यनेकानि क्षेत्राणि चैव मे प्रभो । तानि कीर्तय देवेश सुगम्यं चैव देहिनाम् । कीर्तनाच्च समग्राणां तीर्थानां लभ्यते फलम्
yāni tīrthānyanekāni kṣetrāṇi caiva me prabho | tāni kīrtaya deveśa sugamyaṃ caiva dehinām | kīrtanācca samagrāṇāṃ tīrthānāṃ labhyate phalam
Wahai Tuhanku, segala tīrtha yang banyak dan kṣetra suci yang menjadi milikku—nyatakanlah, wahai Tuhan para dewa, agar mudah diziarahi oleh makhluk yang berjasad. Kerana dengan memuji semuanya, diperoleh buah pahala yang sempurna dari seluruh tīrtha itu.
Unspecified devotee/questioner (addressing Īśvara/Śiva)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Varārohe (a feminine addressee; likely Pārvatī/Devī in Śaiva frame)
Scene: A supplicant asks the Lord to proclaim the many tīrthas and kṣetras so embodied beings may approach them; the act of recitation itself radiates merit like a halo over distant shrines.
FAQs
Even when travel is difficult, reverent praise and remembrance of tīrthas can confer their merit, highlighting devotion as a bridge to sacred geography.
No single site is named yet; the verse introduces a request to enumerate multiple tīrthas and kṣetras within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
Kīrtana—proclamation/recitation of tīrtha-names and glories—is presented as a merit-yielding practice.