Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65
देवो यत्रास्ति विष्णुः स क्षीराब्धौ मधुसूदनः । जलशायी जगद्योनिः स दास्यति हितं च ते
devo yatrāsti viṣṇuḥ sa kṣīrābdhau madhusūdanaḥ | jalaśāyī jagadyoniḥ sa dāsyati hitaṃ ca te
Wo der Gott Viṣṇu weilt—Madhusūdana im Milchozean—auf den Wassern ruhend, Schoß und Ursprung der Welt, wird er dir gewähren, was dir heilsam ist.
Bṛhaspati
Tirtha: Kṣīrābdhi / Anantaśayana archetype
Type: kshetra
Scene: A visionary revelation of Viṣṇu as Madhusūdana reclining on Śeṣa in the Milk Ocean, attended by Lakṣmī; the waters shimmer as the cosmic womb, promising benevolent boon.
FAQs
Viṣṇu, the cosmic sustainer, is the ultimate refuge; worship directed to him yields true welfare (hita).
Kṣīrābdhi/Kṣīrasāgara—the Milk Ocean, presented as Viṣṇu’s exalted abode (Keśavālaya).
The verse supports the Viṣṇu-oriented vow by identifying the deity and locus of worship; the explicit vrata is given in the previous verse.