Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । यदि प्रसन्नो भगवांस्तदागच्छस्व मे गृहम् । शिरसा धार्य्य पादांबु प्रयास्यामि पवित्रताम्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca | yadi prasanno bhagavāṃstadāgacchasva me gṛham | śirasā dhāryya pādāṃbu prayāsyāmi pavitratām
ஸ்ரீகிருஷ்ணர் கூறினார்—பகவனே! நீங்கள் प्रसன்னராக இருந்தால் என் இல்லத்திற்கு வாருங்கள். உங்கள் திருப்பாதத் தீர்த்தத்தைத் தலைமேல் தாங்கி நான் புனிதம் அடைவேன்.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Durvāsā
Scene: Kṛṣṇa invites Durvāsā into his home; a golden water vessel is brought. Kṛṣṇa bows, receiving the sage’s foot-water, lifting it to his head with reverent composure; Durvāsā stands blessing.
FAQs
Reverence to saints purifies the heart; humility before the holy is portrayed as a royal and divine virtue.
Dvārakā is implied as the sacred setting where such saintly hospitality becomes meritorious.
Pādodaka—honoring and bearing the water from a revered person’s feet as a means of purification.