Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
सेयं लक्ष्मीः पुरा पुंसां सेयं भक्तिः समीहिता । सेयं श्रेयस्करी मूर्तिर्भक्तिर्या वृषभध्वजे
seyaṃ lakṣmīḥ purā puṃsāṃ seyaṃ bhaktiḥ samīhitā | seyaṃ śreyaskarī mūrtirbhaktiryā vṛṣabhadhvaje
ഇതുതന്നെ മനുഷ്യർക്കുള്ള യഥാർത്ഥ ലക്ഷ്മി; ഇതുതന്നെ ആഗ്രഹിക്കേണ്ട ഭക്തി. ഇതുതന്നെ ശ്രേയസ്സുനൽകുന്ന മൂർത്തി—വൃഷഭധ്വജൻ (ശിവൻ) പ്രതിയുള്ള ഭക്തി.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context: Vṛṣabhadhvajeśvara-mahātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa stands before Śiva as Vṛṣabhadhvaja—liṅga with Nandin nearby—while Lakṣmī is reimagined as a radiant aura of devotion emanating from the worshipper’s heart.
FAQs
Real prosperity and welfare (lakṣmī and śreyas) are identified with devotion to Śiva rather than mere material gain.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the chapter’s sacred frame, within which devotion to Vṛṣabhadhvaja is praised.
The verse urges cultivating bhakti (devotion) to Vṛṣabhadhvaja; it does not specify a particular external rite.