Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
तत्केन विधिना सूत मन्त्रैश्च वद सत्वरम् । वयं येन च तत्कुर्मः सर्वं भक्तिसमन्विताः
tatkena vidhinā sūta mantraiśca vada satvaram | vayaṃ yena ca tatkurmaḥ sarvaṃ bhaktisamanvitāḥ
« Par quel rite, ô Sūta, et avec quels mantras — dis-le vite — afin que nous tous, remplis de bhakti, puissions l’accomplir entièrement ? »
Ṛṣis (the Sages)
Tirtha: Viṣṇoḥ Pada
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: Sages with folded hands urgently request Sūta to teach the mantra and procedure; their faces show earnest devotion; the footprint shrine and waterbody remain in view.
FAQs
Devotion seeks right method: bhakti is paired with proper vidhi (procedure) and mantra as taught by tradition.
The inquiry concerns the rite connected to Viṣṇupada described in this Tīrthamāhātmya sequence.
A request for the exact vidhi and mantras to perform the stated act of surrender/worship at the tīrtha.