Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 230
वासुदेवश्च शंखारि गदाजलजभृत्सदा । शंखांबुज गदाचक्री ध्येयो नारायणो नृभिः
vāsudevaśca śaṃkhāri gadājalajabhṛtsadā | śaṃkhāṃbuja gadācakrī dhyeyo nārāyaṇo nṛbhiḥ
ವಾಸುದೇವನು ಸದಾ ಶಂಖ, ಚಕ್ರ, ಗದಾ, ಪದ್ಮವನ್ನು ಧರಿಸಿದವನು; ಶಂಖ-ಪದ್ಮ-ಗದಾ-ಚಕ್ರಯುಕ್ತನಾದ ಆ ನಾರಾಯಣನನ್ನು ಮಾನವರು ಧ್ಯಾನಿಸಬೇಕು।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda teaching Agastya)
Tirtha: Bindumādhava/Nārāyaṇa (contextual)
Type: temple
Scene: A meditator seated near the Ganga or in a shrine, eyes half-closed; above the heart-lotus appears Vāsudeva/Nārāyaṇa, four-armed, holding conch, discus, mace, and lotus, radiating calm light.
FAQs
Steady contemplation (dhyāna) on Nārāyaṇa’s auspicious form is upheld as a direct spiritual practice.
No specific tīrtha is named; the focus is on Nārāyaṇa-dhyāna within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa teaching flow.
Dhyāna (meditation) on Nārāyaṇa/Vāsudeva bearing śaṅkha, cakra, gadā, and padma.