Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38
विष्णुरुवाच । श्रांतोऽहं देवदेवेश मल्लयुद्धेन शंकर । तप्तोदकं कुरुष्वेह श्रमनाशाय सांप्रतम्
viṣṇuruvāca | śrāṃto'haṃ devadeveśa mallayuddhena śaṃkara | taptodakaṃ kuruṣveha śramanāśāya sāṃpratam
விஷ்ணு கூறினார்—“தேவர்களின் தேவனே சங்கரா! இந்த மல்லயுத்தத்தால் நான் களைத்தேன். இப்போதே இங்கே என் களைப்பை நீக்கச் சூடுநீரை உண்டாக்கு.”
Viṣṇu
Tirtha: Taptodaka (implied forthcoming tīrtha within Prabhāsa)
Type: kund
Scene: Viṣṇu addresses Śaṅkara with respectful urgency, requesting hot water to remove fatigue; Rudra stands attentive, ready to act; the ground/terrain is subtly emphasized as the soon-to-be source of water.
FAQs
The gods establish tīrthas for the welfare of beings; divine compassion expresses itself through sacred waters that relieve suffering.
Taptodakuṇḍa (the hot-water sacred pool) within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
The verse foreshadows snāna (bathing) in hot sacred water as a means to remove exhaustion and, by extension, impurity.