Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
कन्याभिः कोटिभिर्यच्च पूजिताभिर्भवेत्फलम् । वसूनां चैव तत्सर्वमष्टभिस्तैः प्रपूजितैः
kanyābhiḥ koṭibhiryacca pūjitābhirbhavetphalam | vasūnāṃ caiva tatsarvamaṣṭabhistaiḥ prapūjitaiḥ
Whatever merit might arise from worship performed by crores of maidens—every bit of that is obtained by duly worshipping the Vasus, those eight divinities.
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Eight radiant Vasus are honored with offerings; the scene conveys the ‘crores of maidens’ hyperbole by showing a vast, faintly suggested crowd in the background while the eight deities receive the central worship.
FAQs
The text magnifies the power of specific deity worship in a tīrtha by equating it with vast amounts of conventional merit.
The statement belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya context.
Thorough worship of the eight Vasus is recommended as a highly merit-yielding practice.