Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 84
सर्वाभरणसंयुक्तः सह भ्रात्रा सुदर्शनः । श्लाघमानश्च तत्तीर्थं नमस्कत्य पुनःपुनः
sarvābharaṇasaṃyuktaḥ saha bhrātrā sudarśanaḥ | ślāghamānaśca tattīrthaṃ namaskatya punaḥpunaḥ
സകലാഭരണങ്ങളാലും അലങ്കൃതനായി, സഹോദരനോടുകൂടിയ ആ സുദർശനൻ ആ തീർത്ഥത്തെ പുകഴ്ത്തി വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും നമസ്കരിച്ചു।
Unspecified narrator (Setukhaṇḍa narrative voice)
Tirtha: Vetāla-varadā Tīrtha
Type: tirtha
Scene: A radiant, ornamented figure stands with his brother at a sacred ford, hands folded, repeatedly bowing and praising the tīrtha; the water glints with sanctity and subtle divine presence.
FAQs
Receiving grace should culminate in humility and gratitude—honoring the tīrtha as a living conduit of dharma.
The tīrtha that grants release from vetālatva, later called Vetāla-varadā.
Repeated namaskāra (salutation) and praise of the tīrtha as an act of devotion.