Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 15
प्रह्लादतीर्थं तद्याम्ये महाभक्तिफलप्रदम् । तत्र वै स्नानमात्रेण विष्णोः प्रियतरो भवेत्
prahlādatīrthaṃ tadyāmye mahābhaktiphalapradam | tatra vai snānamātreṇa viṣṇoḥ priyataro bhavet
দক্ষিণফালে প্ৰহ্লাদ-তীৰ্থ আছে, যি মহাভক্তিৰ ফল দান কৰে। তাত কেৱল স্নান কৰিলেই মানুহ বিষ্ণুৰ অতি প্ৰিয় হয়।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Prahlāda-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: At a southern Kashi ghat, a devotee bathes while envisioning Prahlāda’s steadfast devotion; above, Viṣṇu’s benign presence is suggested through a luminous aura or a subtle Nṛsiṃha emblem, indicating becoming ‘dear to Viṣṇu’.
FAQs
Bhakti is made accessible: even a simple act like tīrtha-bathing, when done with faith, is said to deepen divine intimacy with Viṣṇu.
Prahlāda-tīrtha, indicated as situated to the south in the Kāśī tīrtha layout.
Snāna-mātra—bathing alone (with devotion) at the tīrtha.