Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 110
तीर्थोपनिषदः ख्याता लिंगोपनिषदस्तथा । योगोपनिषदो देवि पूर्वं वै कथितास्तव
tīrthopaniṣadaḥ khyātā liṃgopaniṣadastathā | yogopaniṣado devi pūrvaṃ vai kathitāstava
تیرتھ اُپنشد مشہور ہے، اور اسی طرح لِنگ اُپنشد بھی؛ اور یوگ اُپنشدیں بھی، اے دیوی—یہ سب میں نے تم سے پہلے ہی بیان کر دیا تھا۔
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: Śiva enumerates three ‘Upaniṣads’—Tīrtha, Liṅga, and Yoga—signaling a triadic map of outer pilgrimage, icon-worship, and inner realization; Pārvatī receives the classification.
FAQs
Pilgrimage (tīrtha), liṅga devotion, and yoga are treated as profound, ‘upaniṣadic’ inner teachings.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the contextual tīrtha; the verse also generalizes the sanctity of tīrthas as a category.
No direct prescription; it references prior instruction on tīrtha-sevā, liṅga-upāsanā, and yoga.