Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
षण्मासाभ्यंतरे मृत्युर्यद्यकस्माद्भवेन्मम । तत्ते पदं गतिर्मे स्यादहं ते भृत्यतां गतः
ṣaṇmāsābhyaṃtare mṛtyuryadyakasmādbhavenmama | tatte padaṃ gatirme syādahaṃ te bhṛtyatāṃ gataḥ
«إن جاءني الموت فجأةً خلال ستة أشهر، فليكن ذلك الأثر—أثر قدمك المقدّس—ملجئي وطريقي؛ فقد دخلتُ في خدمتك عبدًا لك».
Sūta (quoting the mantra to be recited by the devotee)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim with folded hands stands before a sanctified footprint-mark (pāda-cihna) of Hari on a stone pedestal near water; the mood is urgent yet serene, as if making a last vow before death.
FAQs
Śaraṇāgati: taking refuge in the Lord’s feet and embracing humble service is portrayed as the sure spiritual path even in the face of death.
Viṣṇupada—the sacred footprint/feet of Viṣṇu—treated as a saving refuge when remembered and worshipped.
Recitation of a surrender-mantra during Viṣṇupada worship, explicitly framing refuge even if death comes soon.