Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5
प्रतितीर्थं प्रतिनदि स बभ्राम तपोयुतः । यावंत्यायतनानीह तिष्ठंति परितो भुवम्
pratitīrthaṃ pratinadi sa babhrāma tapoyutaḥ | yāvaṃtyāyatanānīha tiṣṭhaṃti parito bhuvam
ประกอบด้วยตบะ เขาเที่ยวไปยังทุกทีรถะและทุกสายน้ำ—แท้จริงไปยังสถานศักดิ์สิทธิ์ทั้งปวงที่ตั้งอยู่ทั่วพิภพ
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).