Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5
प्रतितीर्थं प्रतिनदि स बभ्राम तपोयुतः । यावंत्यायतनानीह तिष्ठंति परितो भुवम्
pratitīrthaṃ pratinadi sa babhrāma tapoyutaḥ | yāvaṃtyāyatanānīha tiṣṭhaṃti parito bhuvam
ਤਪੱਸਿਆ ਨਾਲ ਯੁਕਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਉਹ ਹਰ ਤੀਰਥ ਤੇ ਹਰ ਨਦੀ ਤੱਕ ਭਟਕਦਾ ਰਿਹਾ—ਅਤੇ ਧਰਤੀ ਭਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਜਿੱਥੇ ਜਿੱਥੇ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਆਯਤਨ ਟਿਕੇ ਹਨ, ਸਭ ਥਾਵਾਂ ਤੱਕ।
Skanda
Tirtha: Sarva-tīrtha (collective) / Sarva-nadī (collective)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya (implied)
Scene: Damana as a tapasvī pilgrim at a riverbank, then at successive shrines—stone steps, flowing waters, distant temples—suggesting ‘every river, every tīrtha’; the earth encircled by a garland of rivers and sanctuaries.
FAQs
Outer pilgrimage and tapas can refine the seeker, preparing the mind for a deeper, steadier realization.
Tīrthas and rivers in general are praised as universally sacred; a particular site is named later.
No single ritual is detailed; the verse highlights tapas and tīrtha/ नदी-sevā (pilgrimage to rivers and holy places).