Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
तिस्रः कोट्योऽर्धकोटी च तीर्थानामिह भूतले । संख्यया नामतो देव मह्यं कीर्तय सांप्रतम्
tisraḥ koṭyo'rdhakoṭī ca tīrthānāmiha bhūtale | saṃkhyayā nāmato deva mahyaṃ kīrtaya sāṃpratam
اے ربّ! اس زمین پر تیرتھ تین کروڑ اور آدھا کروڑ ہیں۔ اے دیو! اب مجھے ان کی تعداد بھی اور ان کے نام بھی بیان فرما۔
Devī (Pārvatī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience of sages (implied); immediate speaker is a devotee addressing Īśvara
Scene: A devotee petitions the Lord to reveal the immense number and names of tīrthas across the earth; the scene suggests a cosmic map of sacred geography unfurling as a revelation.
FAQs
The world is saturated with sanctity; by learning the count and names of tīrthas from Śiva, the seeker gains a map for dhārmic living and pilgrimage-oriented purification.
No single site; the verse emphasizes the vast totality of tīrthas present on earth.
None explicitly; it is a request for systematic tīrtha knowledge that supports future tīrtha-yātrā, snāna, and worship.