Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
ये प्राणिनः कुत्रचिदत्र संति ब्रह्माण्डमध्ये परतश्च केचित् । तेषां तु सिद्धिः परमास्त्वनिंद्या स्तुते जगद्धातरि वासुदेवे
ye prāṇinaḥ kutracidatra saṃti brahmāṇḍamadhye parataśca kecit | teṣāṃ tu siddhiḥ paramāstvaniṃdyā stute jagaddhātari vāsudeve
এই ব্রহ্মাণ্ডের মধ্যে বা তারও বাইরে যেখানেই জীব থাকুক—জগদ্ধাতা বাসুদেবের স্তব হলে তারা পরম, নির্দোষ সিদ্ধি লাভ করুক।
Ṛṣis (hymnic praise; speaker not explicitly marked in this verse)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A hymn that breaks the boundary of the universe: beings within and beyond the brahmāṇḍa receive ‘paramā anindya siddhi’ as Vāsudeva is praised; cosmic vastness and purity dominate.
FAQs
Stuti (praise) of Vāsudeva is taught as a cause for the highest, faultless spiritual attainment for all beings.
The broader passage belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, reinforcing the sacred atmosphere of Prabhāsa where such praise is especially efficacious.
No external ritual is prescribed; the act is stuti (praise) directed to Vāsudeva.