Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 159
लक्षैकं च तथा प्रोक्तं ग्रामाणां तु भयाणकम् । षट्षष्टिं च सहस्राणि देशो मागध उच्यते
lakṣaikaṃ ca tathā proktaṃ grāmāṇāṃ tu bhayāṇakam | ṣaṭṣaṣṭiṃ ca sahasrāṇi deśo māgadha ucyate
بھَیانک کے بارے میں بھی کہا گیا ہے کہ اس میں ایک لاکھ گاؤں ہیں۔ اور ماغدھ دیس کو چھیاسٹھ ہزار گاؤں والا بتایا گیا ہے۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages
Tirtha: Māgadha (regional frame; specific tīrtha not named in this verse)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A narrator’s map-vision highlights Māgadha with a prominent riverine plain and ancient city silhouettes, while Bhayānaka appears as a darker forested tract—both marked by clusters of villages to convey scale.
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The verse situates renowned cultural regions like Māgadha within a sacralized description of the earth, supporting a dharmic sense of place.
No particular tīrtha is named; Māgadha is referenced as a deśa (country/region).
None.