Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21
यो यस्मिन्संस्थितो गात्रे देवस्तव समुद्भवे । तत्र पूजां समादाय तस्मात्त्वां तर्पयिष्यति
yo yasminsaṃsthito gātre devastava samudbhave | tatra pūjāṃ samādāya tasmāttvāṃ tarpayiṣyati
ഹേ ഉദ്ഭവിച്ച ഭൂതമേ! നിന്റെ ശരീരത്തിലെ ഏത് ഏത് അവയവത്തിൽ ഏത് ദേവൻ അധിഷ്ഠിതനോ, അവൻ അവിടെയേ പൂജ സ്വീകരിച്ച് ആ പൂജയാൽ നിന്നെ തൃപ്തിപ്പെടുത്തും.
Viṣṇu (direct speech).
Type: kshetra
Scene: Viṣṇu instructs the spirit-being: deities are shown residing in different limbs; each limb becomes a shrine-node where offerings are made; the being’s fierce expression softens as worship is promised.
FAQs
Proper worship (pūjā) aligned to divine presence transforms conflict into harmony; reverence is presented as a dharmic solution.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it emphasizes the principle of localized worship within a māhātmya narrative.
Pūjā is prescribed—worship to the deity situated in the respective place/limb, resulting in tarpaṇa (satisfaction/propitiation).