Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 73
काश्यप उवाच । रामनाथ तव पादसेविनां किं व्रतैरुत तपोभिरध्वरैः । वेदशास्त्र जपचिन्तया च किं स्वर्गसिन्धुपयसापि किं फलम्
kāśyapa uvāca | rāmanātha tava pādasevināṃ kiṃ vratairuta tapobhiradhvaraiḥ | vedaśāstra japacintayā ca kiṃ svargasindhupayasāpi kiṃ phalam
Kāśyapa berkata: “Wahai Rāmanātha, bagi mereka yang berkhidmat di kaki-Mu, apakah perlunya vrata, tapa atau upacara yajña? Apakah perlunya menelaah Veda dan śāstra, melakukan japa serta meditasi? Bahkan air sungai di alam syurga pun, apakah lagi ‘buah’ yang dapat dikurniakannya?”
Kāśyapa
Tirtha: Rāmanātha (Rāmeśvara) at Setu
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rāmanātha (Śiva)
Scene: Sage Kāśyapa, hands folded, praises Rāmanātha’s lotus-feet; behind, the sea-setu horizon and the temple-liṅga sanctum glow, suggesting that even heavenly Gaṅgā pales before devotion.
FAQs
Single-point devotion—serving the Lord’s feet—is presented as surpassing ritual, austerity, and even famed purifying waters.
Śrī Rāmanātha at Setu—identified with the Rāmeśvaram/Setubandha sacred geography in the Setukhaṇḍa.
No direct prescription; common meritorious acts (vrata, tapa, yajña, japa, śāstra-study) are referenced to emphasize that bhakti is supreme.