Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
विना स्नानेन दानेन व्रतहोमजपादिभिः । हितार्थं सर्वलोकानां मया न्यस्तं पदं शुभम्
vinā snānena dānena vratahomajapādibhiḥ | hitārthaṃ sarvalokānāṃ mayā nyastaṃ padaṃ śubham
स्नान, दान, व्रत, होम, जप इत्यादींविना देखील, सर्व लोकांच्या हितासाठी मी हे शुभ पदचिन्ह स्थापित केले आहे।
Brahmā
Tirtha: Mahāpada
Type: peak
Listener: Sages
Scene: Brahmā indicates the sacred mark as a gift to all worlds; symbolic elements of ritual (water pot, ladle, rosary, alms) appear set aside, emphasizing ‘no prerequisites’.
FAQs
Divine compassion provides accessible means: sacred places can grant spiritual benefit beyond one’s ritual capacity.
The auspicious ‘pada/mahāpada’ established by Brahmā in the Arbuda setting.
It explicitly relativizes major rites (snāna, dāna, vrata, homa, japa), emphasizing the special efficacy of the established sacred mark.