Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25
विष्णुपादोदके तीर्थे विष्णुपादोदकं पिबेत् । यदि तत्सुधया किं नु बहुकालीनयातया
viṣṇupādodake tīrthe viṣṇupādodakaṃ pibet | yadi tatsudhayā kiṃ nu bahukālīnayātayā
விஷ்ணு-பாதோதக தீர்த்தத்தில் விஷ்ணுவின் பாதோதகத்தை அருந்த வேண்டும்; அதுவே சுதை (அமிர்தம்) என்றால், நீண்ட காலம் வைத்த ‘அமிர்தம்’ எதற்கு?
Skanda
Tirtha: Viṣṇu-Pādodaka Tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: null
Scene: At the Kāśī tīrtha, a devotee holds a small cup of pādodaka glowing like nectar; in the background, a faint vignette of the ocean-churning amṛta myth appears as a ‘distant, stale’ contrast.
FAQs
Divine grace embodied in sacred water is portrayed as superior to worldly notions of immortality; devotion accesses ‘nectar’ directly through dharmic practice.
Viṣṇupādodaka-tīrtha in Kāśī.
Drinking Viṣṇu-pādodaka at the tīrtha.