Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 23
सर्वदुःखविनाशे च विष्णुलोके महीयते । काश्यपीं स्पर्शयेद्यो गां मानवो भुवि राघव
sarvaduḥkhavināśe ca viṣṇuloke mahīyate | kāśyapīṃ sparśayedyo gāṃ mānavo bhuvi rāghava
हे राघव! जो मनुष्य पृथ्वीवर ‘काश्यपी’ नावाच्या गायीचा स्पर्श करतो, तो सर्व दुःखांचा नाश करून विष्णुलोकी मान पावतो.
Unknown (Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa narrative voice; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
Tirtha: Kāśyapī (sacred cow)
Listener: Rāghava
Scene: A devotee gently touches the revered cow Kāśyapī with folded hands; the cow is depicted as radiant, with subtle Viṣṇu symbolism (conch/discus motifs in aura), while the devotee’s sorrow lifts.
FAQs
Reverence to sacred beings—especially the cow—becomes a direct means to remove suffering and gain higher spiritual honor.
The verse highlights a sacred presence (the cow Kāśyapī) within the Dharmāraṇya tīrtha context rather than naming a city.
Sparśa (touching with reverence) of the sacred cow Kāśyapī is given as the act yielding the stated fruit.