Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11
एकोऽपि कृष्णस्य कृतः प्रणामो दशाश्वमेधावभृथेन तुल्यः । दशाश्वमेधी पुनरेति जन्म कृष्णप्रणामी न पुनर्भवाय
eko'pi kṛṣṇasya kṛtaḥ praṇāmo daśāśvamedhāvabhṛthena tulyaḥ | daśāśvamedhī punareti janma kṛṣṇapraṇāmī na punarbhavāya
حتى سجدةٌ واحدة تُقدَّم لكريشنا تعادل الاغتسال الختامي لعشرة قرابين أشفاميدها. من أقام عشرة أشفاميدها يعود إلى الميلاد، أمّا من انحنى لكريشنا فلا يعود إلى التناسخ.
Unspecified in snippet (context: Revā Khaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha milieu (specific sub-tīrtha not named)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee bows once to Kṛṣṇa; in a symbolic juxtaposition, distant sacrificial arena of ten Aśvamedhas fades, while a radiant path to liberation opens above the bowed head.
FAQs
Bhakti expressed as humble praṇāma can surpass even vast sacrificial merit and lead toward liberation.
No single locality is named in this verse; it functions as bhakti-mahātmya within the Revā Khaṇḍa context.
Praṇāma (reverential bowing) to Kṛṣṇa is praised as a powerful, accessible devotional act.