Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33
नारायणासुररिपो कृष्ण शौरे चतुर्भुज । देवकीहृदयानंद यशोदानंदवर्धन
nārāyaṇāsuraripo kṛṣṇa śaure caturbhuja | devakīhṛdayānaṃda yaśodānaṃdavardhana
हे नारायण, असुरांचा रिपू; हे कृष्ण, शौरी, चतुर्भुज प्रभो! तू देवकीच्या हृदयाचा आनंद आहेस आणि यशोदेचा हर्ष वाढविणारा आहेस।
Vyāsa (deduced from Adhyāya context continuing into v.41)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrim-seeker audience within Kāśī-mahātmya frame
Scene: A devotee in Kāśī offers flowers and water while chanting Kṛṣṇa-Nārāyaṇa epithets; behind, the luminous form alternates between four-armed Nārāyaṇa and child Kṛṣṇa remembered by Devakī and Yaśodā.
FAQs
Bhakti is strengthened by remembering the Lord through His names and loving relationships, seeing Him as the refuge who destroys demonic forces within and without.
The broader frame is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where stuti and nāma-smaraṇa are presented as especially fruitful.
No explicit rite is commanded here; the implied practice is nāma-japa/stuti—praising and reciting the Lord’s names.