Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 53
भक्तिरस्तु पदांभोजे तव देव जनार्दन । भूयोभूयश्च देवेश भक्तिर्भवतु शाश्वती
bhaktirastu padāṃbhoje tava deva janārdana | bhūyobhūyaśca deveśa bhaktirbhavatu śāśvatī
“हे देव जनार्दन, तुझ्या चरणकमळांवर माझी भक्ती असो. हे देवेश, पुन्हा पुन्हा माझी भक्ती शाश्वत होवो.”
Bali
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Scene: Bali repeats his plea: ‘Let devotion be’; the scene focuses on his earnest face and folded hands, with the Lord’s lotus-feet and compassionate gaze anchoring the composition.
FAQs
The devotee asks not for possessions but for unbroken, eternal devotion.
No site is directly mentioned; the focus is on devotion to Janārdana.
No external ritual is stated; the verse is a devotional prayer (stuti) for bhakti.
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