Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 63
स्कंद उवाच । प्रसंगतो मयैतानि तीर्थानि कथितानि ते । भूमौ तिलांतरायां यत्तत्र तीर्थान्यनेशः
skaṃda uvāca | prasaṃgato mayaitāni tīrthāni kathitāni te | bhūmau tilāṃtarāyāṃ yattatra tīrthānyaneśaḥ
ஸ்கந்தன் கூறினான்—சம்பந்தமாக நான் உமக்கு இத்தீர்த்தங்களைச் சொன்னேன். ஐயா, பூமியில் ‘திலாந்தராயா’ எனப்படும் அந்தப் பகுதியில் எண்ணற்ற தீர்த்தங்கள் உள்ளன.
Skanda
Tirtha: Tilāntarā (tīrtha-cluster)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya (Kalaśodbhava)
Scene: Skanda, as narrator, gestures to an expanse of Kāśī’s sacred ground called Tilāntarā, implying countless unseen tīrthas spread like a sacred map.
FAQs
Kāśī is framed as a dense sacred landscape—its holiness is not isolated to one spot but spread through innumerable tīrthas.
Tilāntarā is referenced as a locale containing innumerable tīrthas, within the Kāśī sacred geography.
No specific rite is prescribed here; it functions as a summary/transition emphasizing the abundance of tīrthas.