Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18
तदाप्रभृति तत्तीर्थं पादोदकमितीरितम् । पादौ यदादौ शुभदौ क्षालितौ पीतवाससा
tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ pādodakamitīritam | pādau yadādau śubhadau kṣālitau pītavāsasā
त्या वेळेपासून ते तीर्थ “पादोदक” म्हणून प्रसिद्ध झाले; कारण आरंभी तेथेच पीतांबरधारी विष्णूंचे शुभ चरण प्रक्षाळित झाले होते।
Skanda
Tirtha: Pādodaka-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: Within the luminous Kāśī landscape, Viṣṇu (Pītavāsā) is shown washing auspicious feet at a small sacred ford; attendants hold a kalaśa; the water is highlighted as ‘pādodaka’ becoming a named tīrtha.
FAQs
A tīrtha becomes supremely meritorious through divine contact—here, the washing of Viṣṇu’s feet sanctifies the place and gives it enduring sacred identity.
Pādodaka-tīrtha in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), praised in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
The verse explains the tīrtha’s naming through the act of washing the divine feet; it implies reverence for pādodaka as sanctifying water.