Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26
सैकोनविंशतिशतं तीर्थान्येकैकशो द्विजाः । स्तबकेषु कृतं तीर्थं द्विशतं सचतुर्दशम्
saikonaviṃśatiśataṃ tīrthānyekaikaśo dvijāḥ | stabakeṣu kṛtaṃ tīrthaṃ dviśataṃ sacaturdaśam
اے دو بار جنم لینے والو! ایک ایک کر کے گنے جائیں تو تیرتھ ایک سو انیس ہیں۔ اور ‘ستبک’ کے جھرمٹوں میں قائم کیے گئے تیرتھ دو سو چودہ ہیں۔
A sage (muni), addressing dvijas
Tirtha: Revā tīrtha-samūha (aggregate)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dwijas (brahmin audience)
Scene: A teaching scene where the sage announces precise numbers of tīrthas—119 individually and 214 in clusters—while disciples record the counts on palm leaves beside a flowing river.
FAQs
The Purāṇa systematizes holiness: sacred places are not random but carefully enumerated, guiding pilgrims toward disciplined devotional travel.
No single site; the verse summarizes the overall count of tīrthas in this Revā Khaṇḍa listing, including grouped ‘stabaka’ collections.
None; the focus is archival—counting and organizing tīrthas for pilgrims and reciters.