Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52
तेषां सौरपुरे वासः कदाचिन्नैव हीयते । शालिग्रामगतं विष्णुं सुमनोभिर्मनोहरैः । येऽर्चयंति महाशूद्र सुप्ते देवे हरौ तथा
teṣāṃ saurapure vāsaḥ kadācinnaiva hīyate | śāligrāmagataṃ viṣṇuṃ sumanobhirmanoharaiḥ | ye'rcayaṃti mahāśūdra supte deve harau tathā
Bagi mereka, tinggal di Saurapura tidak pernah berkurang kapan pun. Wahai Mahā-Śūdra, mereka yang memuja Viṣṇu yang bersemayam dalam Śāligrāma dengan bunga-bunga indah nan harum—bahkan ketika Dewa Hari berada dalam yoga-nidrā suci—mencapai keadaan yang tak pernah gugur itu.
Gālava
Tirtha: Saurapura
Type: kshetra
Listener: mahāśūdra (addressed devotee/listener)
Scene: A devotee in Saurapura offers fresh, fragrant blossoms to a black Śāligrāma on a small altar; the atmosphere suggests Viṣṇu’s yoga-nidrā (śayana) yet the worship continues with unwavering devotion.
FAQs
Steady devotion to Viṣṇu in Śāligrāma—through simple flower worship—is praised as granting enduring divine attainment.
The verse references Saurapura as a promised divine abode; the practice centers on Śāligrāma worship rather than a terrestrial tīrtha name.
Worship Viṣṇu in Śāligrāma with pleasing flowers, even during the period described as the Lord’s sacred sleep.
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