Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
अपि पक्षिपतंगा ये पशवः कृमयो मृगाः । प्रविष्टाः सलिले तस्मिंस्तृषार्ता भक्तिवर्जिताः
api pakṣipataṃgā ye paśavaḥ kṛmayo mṛgāḥ | praviṣṭāḥ salile tasmiṃstṛṣārtā bhaktivarjitāḥ
پرندے اور کیڑے مکوڑے بھی، جانور، کیچوے اور ہرن بھی—اس پانی میں داخل ہوتے ہیں، اگرچہ صرف پیاس سے بےتاب اور بھکتی سے خالی ہوں۔
Narrator (continuation leading to stated fruit in next verse; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Viṣṇupadī (contextual)
Type: kund
Scene: A naturalistic scene of animals—birds swooping, deer drinking, insects near the surface—entering the sacred water out of thirst; the water is subtly radiant, suggesting unseen purification.
FAQs
A supremely holy tīrtha radiates sanctity universally—its purifying influence can touch even those without conscious devotion.
That same sanctified water of Viṣṇupadī tīrtha described in this adhyāya.
No prescription; it sets up the claim that mere entry into the tīrtha water has purificatory effect.