Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 89
पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि पापघ्नानि शिवानि च । तानि देवेश कार्त्स्न्येन यथावद्वक्तुमर्हसि
pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni pāpaghnāni śivāni ca | tāni deveśa kārtsnyena yathāvadvaktumarhasi
ကမ္ဘာမြေပေါ်ရှိ တီရ္ထအားလုံး—အပြစ်ကိုဖျက်သိမ်းသောအရာများနှင့် မင်္ဂလာဖြစ်စေသောအရာများ—ဒေဝတို့၏ အရှင်တော်၊ အပြည့်အစုံကို မှန်ကန်စွာ ကျွန်ုပ်အား ဖော်ပြမိန့်ကြားသင့်ပါသည်။
Devī (Pārvatī)
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Devī respectfully petitions Īśvara to narrate the complete catalogue of earth’s sin-destroying and auspicious tīrthas; a didactic, court-like divine dialogue setting.
FAQs
Tīrthas are upheld as instruments of purification and auspiciousness, worthy of systematic remembrance and teaching.
The verse speaks generally of all earthly tīrthas; specific sites begin to be named in the following verses.
None directly, but the focus implies pilgrimage acts traditionally linked with tīrthas (darśana, snāna, śravaṇa).