Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
श्रीदेवदेव उवाच । शृणु विष्णो महाबाहो शृणु त्वं च पि तामह । एतस्मिन्कापिले तीर्थे कापिलेय पयोभृते
śrīdevadeva uvāca | śṛṇu viṣṇo mahābāho śṛṇu tvaṃ ca pi tāmaha | etasminkāpile tīrthe kāpileya payobhṛte
圣天神（提婆提婆）说道：“请听，噢大臂的毗湿奴；你也请听，噢毗多摩诃（梵天）。在这迦毗罗圣渡（Kāpilatīrtha）——由迦毗罗河之水滋养——……”
Śiva (Devadeva)
Tirtha: Kāpilatīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: Viṣṇu and Brahmā (explicitly addressed)
Scene: Śiva as Devadeva speaks authoritatively, summoning Viṣṇu and Brahmā to listen; behind them, the Kāpilā waters shimmer, feeding the Kāpilatīrtha; the scene conveys a sacred geography being ‘declared’ into prominence.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s greatness is proclaimed with cosmic authority—Śiva addresses even Viṣṇu and Brahmā to establish the rite’s supreme efficacy.
Kāpilatīrtha in Kāśī, associated with the waters of the Kāpilā.
The prescription begins in the next verse: offering piṇḍa and śrāddha here for Pitṛ satisfaction.