Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
पादुकाभ्यां समुत्पत्तिः श्रुताऽस्माभिः पुरा तव । वद तच्चापि माहात्म्यं ताभ्यां चैव समुद्भवम्
pādukābhyāṃ samutpattiḥ śrutā'smābhiḥ purā tava | vada taccāpi māhātmyaṃ tābhyāṃ caiva samudbhavam
«Nous t’avons jadis entendu dire qu’une origine était liée aux deux Pādukās. Dis-nous aussi leur grandeur, et ce qui est né d’elles.»
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Pādukā-dvaya (Dvaya-garta-stha) and associated manifestations
Type: kund
Listener: Sūta
Scene: Sages point toward a small shrine where two ornate pādukās rest on a pedestal; from beneath them, a symbolic stream or radiance emerges, hinting at the 'samudbhava' (arising) of sacred waters or boons.
FAQs
Sacred symbols (like Pādukās) are treated as spiritually generative, giving rise to holy sites and transformative merit.
The Pādukā-associated sacred locus within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, tied to the emergence of local tirthas.
None directly; it requests the māhātmya and the origin narrative connected to the Pādukās.