Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30
श्रीरुवाच । नारायण जगद्धातर्नारायण जगत्पते । नारायण परब्रह्म नारायणपरायण
śrīruvāca | nārāyaṇa jagaddhātarnārāyaṇa jagatpate | nārāyaṇa parabrahma nārāyaṇaparāyaṇa
ព្រះស្រីមានព្រះបន្ទូលថា៖ ឱ នារាយណៈ អ្នកគាំទ្រពិភពលោក; ឱ នារាយណៈ ម្ចាស់សកលលោក; ឱ នារាយណៈ បរមព្រហ្ម—ខ្ញុំមាននារាយណៈជាទីពឹងតែមួយ។
Śrī (Lakṣmī/Śrī-devī)
Listener: Nārāyaṇa
Scene: Śrī (Lakṣmī) stands or sits in reverence, hands folded, addressing Nārāyaṇa enthroned on Śeṣa or in a sanctum; the cosmos subtly emanates behind him.
FAQs
True devotion culminates in śaraṇāgati—recognizing Nārāyaṇa as the Supreme and taking Him as the sole refuge.
This verse is primarily a hymn-like address; the chapter context later connects devotion to the sanctity of Nārāyaṇagiri in the Revā region.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; it functions as stuti (praise) and bhakti-oriented invocation.