Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
सर्वेषामेव वर्णानामाश्रमाणां महामुने । सर्वासां प्रकृतीनां च विष्णुभक्तिः सदा शुभा
sarveṣāmeva varṇānāmāśramāṇāṃ mahāmune | sarvāsāṃ prakṛtīnāṃ ca viṣṇubhaktiḥ sadā śubhā
ഹേ മഹാമുനേ, എല്ലാ വർണങ്ങൾക്കും എല്ലാ ആശ്രമങ്ങൾക്കും, ഓരോ സ്വഭാവത്തിനും പോലും, വിഷ്ണുഭക്തി എപ്പോഴും മംഗളകരമാണ്.
Brahmā
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nārada
Scene: A didactic moment in a sacred setting: the speaker affirms that devotion to Viṣṇu is auspicious for every varṇa and āśrama, suggesting a gathering of diverse pilgrims listening with folded hands.
FAQs
Bhakti transcends social and life-stage distinctions; devotion to Viṣṇu is upheld as universally auspicious.
The verse is part of the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative frame in Nāgara Khaṇḍa.
The prescription is devotional: cultivate viṣṇu-bhakti as an ever-auspicious practice for all.