Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59
अयमेव परोधर्मस्त्विदमेव परं तपः । इदमेव परं तीर्थं विष्णुपादांबु यत्पिबेत
ayameva parodharmastvidameva paraṃ tapaḥ | idameva paraṃ tīrthaṃ viṣṇupādāṃbu yatpibeta
یہی سب سے اعلیٰ دھرم ہے اور یہی سب سے بڑا تپسیا؛ یہی سب سے عظیم تیرتھ ہے—کہ انسان وشنو کے قدموں کا چرن امرت پی لے۔
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Viṣṇu-pāda-ambu (caraṇāmṛta / pāda-tīrtha)
Type: kund
Scene: A priest offers caraṇāmṛta (water sanctified by washing the Lord’s feet) to a devotee; the devotee drinks with folded hands; above, Viṣṇu’s feet shine, and a stream suggests Gaṅgā-like sanctity.
FAQs
Devotional sanctity (caraṇāmṛta) is elevated above external religiosity, presented as the essence of dharma, tapas, and tīrtha.
The ‘tīrtha’ is defined devotionally as Viṣṇu’s foot-water (caraṇāmṛta), rather than a named geographic river or shrine.
Pibeta—drink viṣṇu-pādāmbu (caraṇāmṛta), the consecrated water associated with worship of Viṣṇu.