Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5
वस्त्रापथस्य श्वेतस्य फल्गुतीर्थं स्य चापि याः । केदारस्य तथान्येषां क्षेत्राणां कोटिशोऽपि याः
vastrāpathasya śvetasya phalgutīrthaṃ sya cāpi yāḥ | kedārasya tathānyeṣāṃ kṣetrāṇāṃ koṭiśo'pi yāḥ
வஸ்த்ராபதம், ஶ்வேதம், பல்குதீர்த்தம் ஆகியவற்றின் தேவதைகளும் வந்தனர்; அதுபோல கேதாரமும் எண்ணற்ற பிற புனிதக் க்ஷேத்திரங்களின் தேவதைகளும் வந்தனர்.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual attribution for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Kedāra (explicit); Vastrāpatha/Śveta/Phalgutīrtha (named tīrthas)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A procession of personified tīrthas and kṣetra-devatās arrives from many directions—some bearing river emblems, some mountain insignia—moving toward a radiant celestial assembly hall.
FAQs
The sacred landscape is vast and inexhaustible; dharma recognizes innumerable kṣetras, each with divine guardianship.
Kedāra is explicitly named along with Vastrāpatha, Śveta, and Phalgutīrtha, indicating a broad tīrtha network.
No direct prescription; the verse continues the enumeration of tīrthas and their presiding deities.