Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
यस्तस्यां श्रद्धया युक्तः स्नानं कृत्वा यथोदितम् । स्पर्शयेत्तत्पदं विष्णोः स याति परमं पदम्
yastasyāṃ śraddhayā yuktaḥ snānaṃ kṛtvā yathoditam | sparśayettatpadaṃ viṣṇoḥ sa yāti paramaṃ padam
यस्तस्यां श्रद्धया युक्तः स्नानं कृत्वा यथोदितम् । स्पर्शयेत्तत्पदं विष्णोः स याति परमं पदम् ॥
Narrator (injunctive māhātmya statement; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Viṣṇupadī / Viṣṇupada tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Sages / general audience via sages
Scene: A devotee completes ritual bathing, approaches the footprint shrine with folded hands, touches the viṣṇupāda mark; a subtle vision of the ‘supreme abode’ opens above.
FAQs
Faithful practice (śraddhā) combined with tīrtha-ritual leads beyond worldly merit to liberation-oriented attainment.
Viṣṇupadī tīrtha, specifically the spot of Viṣṇu’s ‘pada’ (Footprint).
Snāna (bathing) performed as instructed, and sparśa (touching) of Viṣṇu’s Footprint at the tīrtha.
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