Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44
प्रह्लाद उवाच । विष्णुं वरप्रदं श्रुत्वा भ्रातॄणां ब्रह्मनंदनाः । मंदाकिनी वसिष्ठेन समानीता धरातले
prahlāda uvāca | viṣṇuṃ varapradaṃ śrutvā bhrātṝṇāṃ brahmanaṃdanāḥ | maṃdākinī vasiṣṭhena samānītā dharātale
Wika ni Prahlāda: “Nang marinig na si Viṣṇu ang Tagapagkaloob ng mga biyaya, ang mga anak ni Brahmā—dahil sa kanilang mga kapatid—ay ipinababa sa lupa ang ilog na Mandākinī sa pamamagitan ni Vasiṣṭha.”
Prahlāda
Tirtha: Mandākinī (as sanctifying archetype within Dvārakā-māhātmya frame)
Type: river
Scene: Prahlāda narrates as Vasiṣṭha, through tapas and mantra, draws the celestial Mandākinī down to the earthly plane; devas witness the river’s descent as a luminous stream.
FAQs
Hearing of Viṣṇu’s grace inspires great sacred acts; divine mercy is linked with the manifestation of holy waters on earth.
Mandākinī is invoked as a sacred river brought to earth; the verse signals a shift to her tīrtha-origin narrative within the chapter’s holy-geography.
No direct ritual instruction is stated here; it introduces a narrative frame (Prahlāda speaking) about sacred waters and Viṣṇu’s boon-bestowing power.