Tirtha and Kshetra - Another Tirtha Definition

Another Tirtha Definition

Adi Shankaracharya set up 10 monastic orders in India, and Tirtha is one of them:
1) Tirtha, 2) Ashrama, 3) Vana, 4) Aranya, 5) Giri, 6) Parvata, 7) Sagara, 8) Saraswati, 9) Bharati, 10) Puri.

Modern day Tirtha lineage monastic orders include Tirtha-Siddhayoga
and Tirtha lineage monks include Swami Shankar Purushottam Tirtha, Swami Narayan Tirtha and Jagadguru Swami Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaja

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