Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
यावदूर्ध्वं चोत्क्षिपति तावद्भिन्नं सुदूरतः । पादाग्रेण तु ब्रह्माण्डं निष्क्रान्तं सलिलं ततः
yāvadūrdhvaṃ cotkṣipati tāvadbhinnaṃ sudūrataḥ | pādāgreṇa tu brahmāṇḍaṃ niṣkrāntaṃ salilaṃ tataḥ
Autant il l’éleva vers le haut, autant, au loin, cela fut fendu. Et de la pointe de son pied, il perça la coque du cosmos ; de là s’écoula l’eau.
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Viṣṇupadodaka-prabhava (source-motif of Gaṅgā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Trivikrama’s foot-tip pierces the luminous cosmic egg; a fissure opens; a stream of shining water pours out into the void, suggesting the birth of sacred waters.
FAQs
Divine action sanctifies the cosmos itself; sacred rivers and tīrthas are portrayed as issuing from the Lord’s transcendence.
The verse prepares the glorification of Viṣṇupada-linked waters and tīrthas discussed immediately afterward in this chapter.
No explicit ritual is stated here; it explains the sacred origin of the waters that later become objects of snāna and darśana.