Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
तत्केन विधिना सूत मन्त्रैश्च वद सत्वरम् । वयं येन च तत्कुर्मः सर्वं भक्तिसमन्विताः
tatkena vidhinā sūta mantraiśca vada satvaram | vayaṃ yena ca tatkurmaḥ sarvaṃ bhaktisamanvitāḥ
وہ کس طریقے سے، اے سوتا، اور کن منتروں کے ساتھ—جلدی بتا دیجیے—تاکہ ہم سب عقیدت کے ساتھ وہ سب انجام دے سکیں۔
Ṛṣis (the Sages)
Tirtha: Viṣṇoḥ Pada
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: Sages with folded hands urgently request Sūta to teach the mantra and procedure; their faces show earnest devotion; the footprint shrine and waterbody remain in view.
FAQs
Devotion seeks right method: bhakti is paired with proper vidhi (procedure) and mantra as taught by tradition.
The inquiry concerns the rite connected to Viṣṇupada described in this Tīrthamāhātmya sequence.
A request for the exact vidhi and mantras to perform the stated act of surrender/worship at the tīrtha.