Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
विष्णोः पादप्रसूताया वैष्णवीति च विश्रुता । तत्र गत्वा महाभाग गृहीत्वाऽर्घ्यं विधानतः
viṣṇoḥ pādaprasūtāyā vaiṣṇavīti ca viśrutā | tatra gatvā mahābhāga gṛhītvā'rghyaṃ vidhānataḥ
বিষ্ণুৰ পদৰ পৰা প্ৰসূতা, সেয়ে ‘বৈষ্ণৱী’ নামে খ্যাত। হে মহাভাগ, তাত গৈ বিধিমতে অৰ্ঘ্য (শ্ৰদ্ধাৰ জল-অৰ্পণ) গ্ৰহণ কৰা।
Prahlāda
Tirtha: Vaiṣṇavī tīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: Mahābhāga (fortunate pilgrim) / dvija audience
Scene: A pilgrim at the edge of the Vaiṣṇavī kund offers arghya—water poured from joined palms or a small vessel—while a symbolic Viṣṇu footprint is visible on a stone/lotus pedestal near the water.
FAQs
Tīrtha-veneration is devotional yet disciplined: sacredness is honored through prescribed offerings made with proper method.
Vaiṣṇavī—renowned as arising from Viṣṇu’s foot—within the Dvārakā Māhātmya setting.
Go to the site and perform arghya-offering in accordance with vidhis (ritual injunctions).