Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
स किल श्रूयते देवः क्षीराब्धौ मधुसूदनः । सदैव भगवाञ्छेते योगनिद्रां समाश्रितः
sa kila śrūyate devaḥ kṣīrābdhau madhusūdanaḥ | sadaiva bhagavāñchete yoganidrāṃ samāśritaḥ
असे ऐकिवात आहे की देव मधुसूदन क्षीरसागरात शयन करतात; भगवान सदैव योगनिद्रेचा आश्रय घेऊन विश्रांती करतात.
Ṛṣis (continuing their objection/questioning)
Tirtha: Kṣīrābdhi (mythic locus)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Cosmic tableau: Madhusūdana reclining on Śeṣa upon the luminous Milk Ocean, surrounded by calm waves, lotus motifs, and a sense of timeless yogic sleep; gods at a distance in reverence.
FAQs
It frames a theological tension between cosmic Viṣṇu (Kṣīrābdhi) and localized manifestation at a pilgrimage site.
The verse itself names the cosmic Kṣīrābdhi, while the surrounding passage concerns a biladvāra shrine of Jalaśāyī.
None; it provides doctrinal background about Viṣṇu’s yogic sleep.