Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33
अवान्तराणि तीर्थानि तेषु गुप्तान्यनेकशः । यत्र यावत्प्रमाणानि तान्याकर्णयतानघाः
avāntarāṇi tīrthāni teṣu guptānyanekaśaḥ | yatra yāvatpramāṇāni tānyākarṇayatānaghāḥ
ان کے اندر بہت سے ضمنی تیرتھ ہیں، جن میں سے کئی پوشیدہ ہیں۔ اے بے گناہو، اب سنو کہ وہ کہاں ہیں اور ان کی مقدس حد کس قدر ناپی جاتی ہے۔
Sūta
Tirtha: Gupta/Avāntara tīrthas within Revā tīrtha-samūha
Type: kshetra
Listener: ‘Anaghāḥ’—sinless sages/audience
Scene: A guide-sage gestures toward a riverbank map where small, half-hidden icons (caves, springs, kunds) surround larger tīrtha markers; disciples lean in to hear the ‘secret’ locations and their boundary-circles.
FAQs
Not all holiness is obvious; some tīrthas are ‘gupta’ and are known through śāstra and saintly transmission, inviting humility and attentive listening.
No single site is named; the verse introduces the concept of many hidden/subsidiary tīrthas within the Revā tīrtha network.
No specific rite; the instruction is to hear details of location and sacred extent (pramāṇa).