Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
अत्र गाथा पुरा गीता ब्रह्मणा लोककर्तृणा । विष्णुकुण्डे नरः स्नात्वा यो वै माधवमर्चयेत् । स यास्यति परं स्थानं यत्र देवो हरिः स्वयम्
atra gāthā purā gītā brahmaṇā lokakartṛṇā | viṣṇukuṇḍe naraḥ snātvā yo vai mādhavamarcayet | sa yāsyati paraṃ sthānaṃ yatra devo hariḥ svayam
येथे लोककर्ता ब्रह्म्याने पूर्वी ही गाथा गायिली—विष्णुकुंडात स्नान करून जो मनुष्य निश्चयाने माधवाचे अर्चन करतो, तो त्या परम स्थानास जातो जिथे स्वयं देव हरि वास करतात।
Īśvara (Śiva) quoting Brahmā’s earlier gāthā
Tirtha: Viṣṇukuṇḍa
Type: kund
Scene: At Viṣṇukuṇḍa, a devotee steps into sacred waters at dawn; Brahmā is envisioned above, singing an ancient gāthā; after bathing, the devotee proceeds to Mādhava’s shrine for worship.
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Tīrtha-snānā combined with deity-worship is presented as a direct path to the highest divine realm.
Viṣṇukuṇḍa, along with the Mādhava shrine within Prabhāsakṣetra.
Bathing (snāna) in Viṣṇukuṇḍa and then worshipping (arcana) Mādhava.