Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 54
इदं विष्ण्विति मंत्रेण ततो विष्णुं प्रबोधयेत् । नारदं च मुनिं पश्चान्मन्त्रेणानेन पांडव
idaṃ viṣṇviti maṃtreṇa tato viṣṇuṃ prabodhayet | nāradaṃ ca muniṃ paścānmantreṇānena pāṃḍava
പിന്നീട് ‘ഇദം വിഷ്ണു’ എന്ന മന്ത്രം ജപിച്ച് വിഷ്ണുവിനെ പ്രബോധിപ്പിക്കണം; അതിനുശേഷം, ഹേ പാണ്ഡവാ, അതേ മന്ത്രംകൊണ്ട് മുനി നാരദനെയും ആഹ്വാനിച്ച് ആദരിക്കണം।
Bābhravya (addressing a Pāṇḍava/Kaurava listener in the frame)
Tirtha: Nārada-kūpa
Type: kund
Listener: Pāṇḍava
Scene: A devotee stands by the well with folded hands, reciting ‘Idaṃ Viṣṇu’; a subtle icon of Viṣṇu (śaṅkha-cakra) appears in a radiant vision above water; then the devotee turns to honor Nārada, depicted with vīṇā and ascetic grace.
FAQs
Devotion follows sacred order: awaken the Lord (Viṣṇu) through mantra, then honor the sage who embodies and transmits that devotion.
Within this chapter, the rite is associated with Nārada-kūpa and the Prabodhinī Dvādaśī observance.
Viṣṇu-prabodhana using the mantra “idaṃ viṣṇu,” followed by honoring/invoking Nārada with the same mantra.