Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 16
मृत्तिका ताम्रपात्रेण त्यक्ता बाह्ये ततः स्वयम् । सर्वेषामेव तीर्थानामाहृत्योदक मुत्तमम्
mṛttikā tāmrapātreṇa tyaktā bāhye tataḥ svayam | sarveṣāmeva tīrthānāmāhṛtyodaka muttamam
پھر کھودی ہوئی مٹی تانبے کے برتن سے باہر نکالی گئی؛ اس کے بعد میں نے خود تمام تیرتھوں سے جمع کیا ہوا بہترین جل لا کر ڈالا۔
Nārada
Tirtha: Nāradīya-saras
Type: kund
Listener: Pārtha
Scene: A copper vessel gleams as earth is carried out; then the same figure pours luminous waters symbolically gathered from many tīrthas—suggested by tiny emblematic streams merging into one.
FAQs
A sanctified site can embody the collective potency of many tīrthas through consecrated actions and sacred waters.
Nāradīya-saras, described as being filled with water gathered from all tīrthas.
Use of ritual purity implements (like a copper vessel) and the consecratory bringing of tīrtha-waters (tīrtha-jala-saṅgraha).