Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
येनार्चितो महादेवस्तस्य तुष्यति केशवः । अनर्चिते नीलकण्ठे न गृह्णात्यर्चनं हरिः । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन पूज्यतां नीललोहितः
yenārcito mahādevastasya tuṣyati keśavaḥ | anarcite nīlakaṇṭhe na gṛhṇātyarcanaṃ hariḥ | tasmātsarvaprayatnena pūjyatāṃ nīlalohitaḥ
Keśava is pleased with the one who worships Mahādeva. If Nīlakaṇṭha has not been worshipped, Hari does not accept the worship that is offered. Therefore, with every effort, Nīlalohita (Śiva) should be worshipped.
Brahmā (as reported by Prahlāda)
Tirtha: Dvārakā–Prabhāsa region (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brahmā’s sons (Brahmaputrāḥ)
Scene: A teacher declares that Kṛṣṇa’s worship is accepted when Śiva is worshipped; visualized as Hari and Hara in harmonious presence—Viṣṇu serene, Śiva blue-throated—devotees offering bilva and tulasī together.
FAQs
The Purāṇa teaches theological harmony: honoring Śiva is presented as essential for the completeness and acceptance of worship to Hari/Keśava.
Dvārakā’s Māhātmya context frames this as a local dharma-teaching connected to sacred worship in the Dvārakā setting.
Arcana/pūjā of Mahādeva (Nīlakaṇṭha/Nīlalohita) is explicitly prescribed as a necessary practice.