Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54
मुक्तेर्निदानममलं शालिग्रामगतं हरिम् । हृदि न्यस्य सदा भक्त्या यो ध्यायति स मुक्तिभाक्
mukternidānamamalaṃ śāligrāmagataṃ harim | hṛdi nyasya sadā bhaktyā yo dhyāyati sa muktibhāk
Wer in beständiger Hingabe Hari, der im Śāligrāma weilt — rein und die Ursache der Befreiung — im Herzen verankert und Ihn stets meditiert, wird teilhaftig der mokṣa.
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Śāligrāma-Hari (as liberative focus)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A meditator sits before a small Śāligrāma shrine; a luminous form of Hari is envisioned within the heart, depicted as a subtle glow or tiny Nārāyaṇa seated on a lotus inside the chest.
FAQs
Inner devotion (hṛdaya-sthāpana) and meditation on Hari identified with Śāligrāma leads to mokṣa.
Śāligrāma is glorified as a sacred presence of Hari; the emphasis is on the devotional locus (Śāligrāma) more than a named town or riverbank.
Bhakti-yukta dhyāna: enshrine Hari-in-Śāligrāma in the heart and meditate constantly.