Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
एको दानानि सर्वाणि ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रयच्छति । एको विष्णुपदीतोये स्नाति द्वाभ्यां समं हि तत्
eko dānāni sarvāṇi brāhmaṇebhyaḥ prayacchati | eko viṣṇupadītoye snāti dvābhyāṃ samaṃ hi tat
اگر کوئی برہمنوں کو ہر قسم کے دان دے، تو وہ ایک عظیم پُنّیہ ہے؛ مگر جو وِشنوپدی کے مقدّس جل میں اسنان کرے، اسے اسی کے برابر پھل ملتا ہے۔
Nārada
Tirtha: Viṣṇupadī
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrim offers folded-hands salutation, then bathes in a luminous tīrtha whose waters shimmer with Viṣṇu’s footprint-sign; nearby Brāhmaṇas receive dāna, indicating the verse’s equivalence.
FAQs
Sacred bathing at an exalted tīrtha is portrayed as an efficient path to merit comparable to vast charitable giving.
Viṣṇupadī-tīrtha.
Snāna in Viṣṇupadī’s water; dāna to Brāhmaṇas is referenced as a benchmark of merit.