Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
सेयं लक्ष्मीः पुरा पुंसां सेयं भक्तिः समीहिता । सेयं श्रेयस्करी मूर्तिर्भक्तिर्या वृषभध्वजे
seyaṃ lakṣmīḥ purā puṃsāṃ seyaṃ bhaktiḥ samīhitā | seyaṃ śreyaskarī mūrtirbhaktiryā vṛṣabhadhvaje
এইয়াই মানুহৰ বাবে সত্য লক্ষ্মী; এইয়াই সন্ধানযোগ্য ভক্তি। এইয়াই মঙ্গলদায়িনী শ্ৰেয়সৰ মূৰ্তি—বৃষভধ্বজ (শিৱ) প্ৰতি ভক্তি।
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context: Vṛṣabhadhvajeśvara-mahātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa stands before Śiva as Vṛṣabhadhvaja—liṅga with Nandin nearby—while Lakṣmī is reimagined as a radiant aura of devotion emanating from the worshipper’s heart.
FAQs
Real prosperity and welfare (lakṣmī and śreyas) are identified with devotion to Śiva rather than mere material gain.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the chapter’s sacred frame, within which devotion to Vṛṣabhadhvaja is praised.
The verse urges cultivating bhakti (devotion) to Vṛṣabhadhvaja; it does not specify a particular external rite.