प्रह्लादतीर्थं तत्रैव नाम्ना प्रह्लादकेशवः । भक्तैः समर्चनीयोहं महाभक्ति समृद्धये
prahlādatīrthaṃ tatraiva nāmnā prahlādakeśavaḥ | bhaktaiḥ samarcanīyohaṃ mahābhakti samṛddhaye
وہیں پر پرہلاد تیرتھ ہے؛ وہاں مجھے ‘پرہلادکیشَو’ کے نام سے جانا جاتا ہے۔ عظیم بھکتی کی افزونی کے لیے بھکتوں کو میری باقاعدہ پوجا کرنی چاہیے۔
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context) speaking to Agastya
Tirtha: Prahlāda-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrims/devotees; within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s didactic narration to an inquiring audience
Scene: A Kashi riverside tīrtha with a small shrine of Keśava; devotees offer flowers and tulasī while reciting Prahlāda’s praises; the atmosphere suggests steadfast devotion overcoming fear.
Tīrtha-worship is praised as a means to deepen bhakti itself, not merely to gain external rewards.
Prahlāda-tīrtha in Kāśī, associated with the form Prahlāda-keśava.
Samarcana (formal worship) of Prahlāda-keśava by bhaktas for the increase of devotion.