Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81
गवां स्तुत्वा नमस्कृत्य कृत्वा चैव प्र दक्षिणाम् । प्रदक्षिणीकृतातेन सप्तद्वीपा वसुंधरा
gavāṃ stutvā namaskṛtya kṛtvā caiva pra dakṣiṇām | pradakṣiṇīkṛtātena saptadvīpā vasuṃdharā
Nachdem man die Kühe gepriesen, sich vor ihnen verneigt und die Pradakṣiṇā vollzogen hat, hat man dadurch die ganze Erde mit ihren sieben Kontinenten umrundet.
Skanda
Scene: A devotee circles a cow slowly; around them, a mandala-like vision of the seven continents appears as concentric rings, suggesting the earth itself being circumambulated through this act.
FAQs
Simple acts of devotion toward cows are magnified into cosmic merit, equated with a universal pilgrimage.
The verse reflects Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s theme that sacred acts performed in a holy framework yield vast results; no single tīrtha is named.
Stuti (praise), namaskāra (salutation), and pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation) of cows.