Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
श्रीदेवदेव उवाच । शृणु विष्णो महाबाहो शृणु त्वं च पि तामह । एतस्मिन्कापिले तीर्थे कापिलेय पयोभृते
śrīdevadeva uvāca | śṛṇu viṣṇo mahābāho śṛṇu tvaṃ ca pi tāmaha | etasminkāpile tīrthe kāpileya payobhṛte
Śrī Devadeva dit : «Écoute, ô Viṣṇu aux bras puissants ; et toi aussi, ô Pitāmaha (Brahmā). En ce Kāpilatīrtha, nourri par les eaux de la Kāpilā…»
Śiva (Devadeva)
Tirtha: Kāpilatīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: Viṣṇu and Brahmā (explicitly addressed)
Scene: Śiva as Devadeva speaks authoritatively, summoning Viṣṇu and Brahmā to listen; behind them, the Kāpilā waters shimmer, feeding the Kāpilatīrtha; the scene conveys a sacred geography being ‘declared’ into prominence.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s greatness is proclaimed with cosmic authority—Śiva addresses even Viṣṇu and Brahmā to establish the rite’s supreme efficacy.
Kāpilatīrtha in Kāśī, associated with the waters of the Kāpilā.
The prescription begins in the next verse: offering piṇḍa and śrāddha here for Pitṛ satisfaction.