Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83
ये व्याधयोपि दुःसाध्या बहिरंतः शरीरगाः । श्रद्धयेशोदकस्पर्शात्ते नश्यंत्येव नान्यथा
ye vyādhayopi duḥsādhyā bahiraṃtaḥ śarīragāḥ | śraddhayeśodakasparśātte naśyaṃtyeva nānyathā
وہ بیماریاں بھی جو بہت دشوار علاج ہوں—چاہے بدن کے باہر ہوں یا اندر—ربّ کے جل کے باایمان لمس سے یقیناً مٹ جاتی ہیں؛ ورنہ نہیں۔
Skanda (continued discourse)
Tirtha: Bhagavat-caraṇodaka (Śiva-pāda-udaka)
Type: tirtha
Scene: A devotee touches sacred foot-water to the head and heart; dark, smoky forms symbolizing disease dissolve outward and inward, while a calm Śiva emblem (liṅga) stands in the background.
FAQs
Śraddhā (faith) is the key that makes sacred contact transformative; the Lord’s sanctified water is presented as spiritually and bodily curative.
The teaching aligns with Kāśī’s tīrtha-culture where sanctified waters and pāda-tīrtha are central to Śaiva devotion, though no single pond/ghāṭa is named.
Sparśa (touch/application) of īśodaka—sanctified water associated with the Lord—performed with faith.