Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
एकांतरोपवासी य एकः स्याज्जीवितावधि । एकोविष्णुपदीतोये स्नाति द्वाभ्यां समं फलम्
ekāṃtaropavāsī ya ekaḥ syājjīvitāvadhi | ekoviṣṇupadītoye snāti dvābhyāṃ samaṃ phalam
जो आयुष्यभर एक दिवसाआड उपवास करतो, त्याचे जे फळ; तेच फळ विष्णुपदीच्या जलात एकदा स्नान केल्यानेही दोघांइतके सम होते।
Nārada
Tirtha: Viṣṇupadī
Type: ghat
Scene: A devotee bathes once in Viṣṇupadī while a faint background montage shows a life of alternate-day fasting—calendar-like marks, thin ascetic figure—contrasted with the single luminous snāna.
FAQs
The text emphasizes the concentrated merit of a great tīrtha, portrayed as matching lifelong austerities like alternate-day fasting.
Viṣṇupadī-tīrtha.
Upavāsa (alternate-day fasting) is cited for comparison; the recommended act is snāna in Viṣṇupadī.