Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
मूले विष्णुः स्थितो नित्यं स्कंधे केशव एव च । नारायणस्तु शाखासु पत्रेषु भगवान्हरिः
mūle viṣṇuḥ sthito nityaṃ skaṃdhe keśava eva ca | nārāyaṇastu śākhāsu patreṣu bhagavānhariḥ
In seiner Wurzel weilt ewig Viṣṇu; in seinem Stamm steht Keśava. In seinen Zweigen ist Nārāyaṇa, und in seinen Blättern Bhagavān Hari.
Brahmā (deduced from 'Brahma–Nārada saṃvāda' colophon context)
Tirtha: Aśvattha (sacred fig) as vṛkṣa-tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Scene: A radiant Aśvattha tree shown as Viṣṇu’s body: luminous root with Viṣṇu, trunk with Keśava, branches with Nārāyaṇa, leaves shimmering with Hari; devotees circumambulate with lamps and water-pots.
FAQs
The divine is immanent in the natural world; revering the Aśvattha is revering Viṣṇu in manifested form.
The Aśvattha is elevated as a living shrine where the Lord is present in every part of the tree.
Implicit worship guideline: honor the whole Aśvattha as Viṣṇu’s embodied presence.