Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
ततः स्वजानुमात्रेण संप्राप्तं पृथिवीतले । ततो विष्णुपदी गंगा प्रसिद्धिमगमत्क्षितौ
tataḥ svajānumātreṇa saṃprāptaṃ pṛthivītale | tato viṣṇupadī gaṃgā prasiddhimagamatkṣitau
បន្ទាប់មក ទឹកនោះបានចុះមកដល់ផែនដី ត្រឹមកម្ពស់ជង្គង់របស់ព្រះអង្គ ហើយបានដល់ផ្ទៃលោក។ ដោយហេតុនោះ ទន្លេគង្គា បានល្បីលើផែនដីថា «វិṣṇុបទី»—ទន្លេកើតពីព្រះបាទព្រះវិṣṇុ។
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (Viṣṇupadī)
Type: river
Scene: A luminous stream descends from Viṣṇu’s foot-region to earth, stopping at ‘knee-measure’ imagery; the river is personified as Gaṅgā, radiant and flowing, with the epithet ‘Viṣṇupadī’ emphasized.
FAQs
Gaṅgā’s holiness is grounded in her divine source—Viṣṇu’s Foot—making contact with her a purifier within dharma.
The verse highlights the Viṣṇupada tradition and the sanctity of Gaṅgā as she becomes renowned on earth, within the Prabhāsakṣetra narrative flow.
No direct prescription here; it establishes why later bathing and worship at connected tīrthas yields merit.