Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
तिस्रः कोट्योऽर्धकोटी च तीर्थानामिह भूतले । संख्यया नामतो देव मह्यं कीर्तय सांप्रतम्
tisraḥ koṭyo'rdhakoṭī ca tīrthānāmiha bhūtale | saṃkhyayā nāmato deva mahyaṃ kīrtaya sāṃpratam
ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้า บนพื้นพิภพนี้มีตถีรถะสามโกฏิและอีกครึ่งโกฏิ บัดนี้โปรดประกาศแก่ข้าพเจ้า ทั้งตามจำนวนและตามนามของตถีรถะเหล่านั้น
Devī (Pārvatī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience of sages (implied); immediate speaker is a devotee addressing Īśvara
Scene: A devotee petitions the Lord to reveal the immense number and names of tīrthas across the earth; the scene suggests a cosmic map of sacred geography unfurling as a revelation.
FAQs
The world is saturated with sanctity; by learning the count and names of tīrthas from Śiva, the seeker gains a map for dhārmic living and pilgrimage-oriented purification.
No single site; the verse emphasizes the vast totality of tīrthas present on earth.
None explicitly; it is a request for systematic tīrtha knowledge that supports future tīrtha-yātrā, snāna, and worship.