Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 54
नमस्ते विष्णवे सौम्य नमस्ते गरुडध्वज । नमस्ते कम लाकांत नमस्तेब्रह्मरूपिणे
namaste viṣṇave saumya namaste garuḍadhvaja | namaste kama lākāṃta namastebrahmarūpiṇe
Hommage à Toi, doux Viṣṇu ; hommage à Toi dont l’étendard est Garuḍa. Hommage à Toi, bien-aimé de Kamalā (Lakṣmī) ; hommage à Toi qui prends la forme de Brahmā.
Brahmā
Tirtha: Vaikuṇṭha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Viṣṇu
Scene: Brahmā offers repeated namaskāras; Viṣṇu is depicted with Garuḍa emblem, Lakṣmī’s presence implied, and a serene ‘saumya’ expression; the scene reads like a living stotra in visual form.
FAQs
Reverence grows by contemplating the Lord’s auspicious names and cosmic functions—both personal (with Lakṣmī) and cosmic (as Brahmā-form).
No specific terrestrial site is praised; the focus is on Viṣṇu’s epithets and forms.
Salutation (namaskāra) and name-based praise are implied as devotional acts.