Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 187
नमस्तुभ्यं भगवते वासुदेवाय धीमहि । प्रद्युम्नायानिरुद्धाय नमः संकर्षणाय च
namastubhyaṃ bhagavate vāsudevāya dhīmahi | pradyumnāyāniruddhāya namaḥ saṃkarṣaṇāya ca
हे भगवन् वासुदेव! तुला नमस्कार—आम्ही तुझे ध्यान करतो। प्रद्युम्न व अनिरुद्ध यांना नमस्कार, तसेच संकर्षणालाही नमस्कार।
Aitareya (hymning Vāsudeva and the Vyūhas)
Scene: The sage’s hymn visualizes the fourfold manifestation: Vāsudeva central, with Pradyumna, Aniruddha, and Saṅkarṣaṇa as attendant divine forms or symbolic emanations around him.
FAQs
The Supreme is praised both as one (Vāsudeva) and as functional emanations (vyūhas), teaching unified devotion with theological depth.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is a doctrinal hymn to Viṣṇu’s vyūha forms.
Dhīmahi indicates contemplative meditation; the verse functions as stuti/japa in a devotional setting.