शतं सरस्वतीसङ्गे शुक्लतीर्थे शतद्वयम् । सहस्रं विष्णुतीर्थेषु महिष्मत्यामथायुतम्
śataṃ sarasvatīsaṅge śuklatīrthe śatadvayam | sahasraṃ viṣṇutīrtheṣu mahiṣmatyāmathāyutam
سرسوتی کے سنگم پر سو تیرتھ ہیں؛ شُکل تیرتھ پر دو سو۔ وِشنو تیرتھوں میں ایک ہزار ہیں؛ اور مہیشمتی میں مزید دس ہزار۔
Mārkaṇḍeya (as referenced in this adhyāya’s narration)
Tirtha: Sarasvatī-saṅga; Śukla-tīrtha; Viṣṇu-tīrthas; Mahīṣmatī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sequence tableau: Sarasvatī confluence with scholars and veena motif; Śukla-tīrtha with white-clad devotees and bright steps; Viṣṇu-tīrthas with a small Viṣṇu shrine and tulasī; Mahīṣmatī as a fortified river-city with ghāṭs, temples, and boats on the Narmadā.
Different tīrthas possess different ‘weights’ of sanctity; the text celebrates sacred topography by quantifying tīrtha-presence to inspire faith and pilgrimage.
Sarasvatī-saṅgama, Śukla-tīrtha, the Viṣṇu-tīrthas, and Mahīṣmatī—each praised as a potent locus of many tīrthas.
No explicit rite is stated; the verse functions as māhātmya-style glorification that implicitly encourages snāna, dāna, and darśana.