Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
ब्रह्मोवाच । एतन्महापदं रम्यं सर्वपातकनाशनम् । स्पृशंतु ऋषयः सर्वे ततो यास्यथ सद्गतिम्
brahmovāca | etanmahāpadaṃ ramyaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam | spṛśaṃtu ṛṣayaḥ sarve tato yāsyatha sadgatim
ಬ್ರಹ್ಮನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಈ ರಮ್ಯ ಮಹಾಪದವು ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಪಾಪಗಳನ್ನು ನಾಶಮಾಡುವುದು. ಎಲ್ಲ ಋಷಿಗಳು ಇದನ್ನು ಸ್ಪರ್ಶಿಸಿರಿ; ನಂತರ ನೀವು ಸದ್ಗತಿಯನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುವಿರಿ।
Brahmā
Tirtha: Mahāpada
Type: peak
Listener: All sages (munayaḥ)
Scene: Brahmā points toward a luminous footprint-like mark on stone; sages rise and extend their hands to touch it with reverence, light radiating from the imprint.
FAQs
A sanctified locus (mahāpada) can serve as a direct channel of purification and uplift when approached in the right spirit.
Mahāpada—described as a sin-destroying sacred mark/footprint in the Arbuda region.
A simple act is prescribed: touch (spṛś-) the Mahāpada to gain purification and sadgati.