Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 92
विष्णुशर्म्मोवाच । कृतकृत्योऽस्मि देवेश सांप्रतं तव दर्शनात् । त्वद्भक्तिमचलामेकां मम देहि जगत्पते
viṣṇuśarmmovāca | kṛtakṛtyo'smi deveśa sāṃprataṃ tava darśanāt | tvadbhaktimacalāmekāṃ mama dehi jagatpate
ヴィシュヌシャルマーは言った。「神々の主よ、今あなたを拝したことで、我が生の目的は成就しました。世の主よ、ただ一つのみ授けてください――あなたへの揺るぎなき信愛を。」
Viṣṇuśarmā
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhagavān (Viṣṇu)
Scene: Viṣṇuśarmā, overwhelmed by the Lord’s presence, declares life fulfilled and asks only for unshakable devotion.
FAQs
The highest boon is not worldly gain but steadfast devotion, which itself becomes the gateway to liberation.
Ayodhyā is the narrative setting; the episode implies the city’s sanctity as conducive to darśana and unwavering bhakti.
No external rite is prescribed; the devotee requests inner continuity of devotion (acalā bhakti) as the spiritual discipline.