Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
स्वल्प व्ययेन दीपस्य फलमानंतकं नृणाम् । अनंतशयने प्राप्ते पुण्यसंख्या न विद्यते
svalpa vyayena dīpasya phalamānaṃtakaṃ nṛṇām | anaṃtaśayane prāpte puṇyasaṃkhyā na vidyate
अल्प खर्चाने दीपदानाचे फळ मनुष्यांस अनंत होते। अनंतशयनी (अनंतावर शयन करणाऱ्या विष्णूस) अर्पण केल्यास पुण्याची गणना होत नाही.
Brahmā
Tirtha: Anantaśayana (Hari)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim offers a single bright lamp before Anantaśayana—Viṣṇu reclining on the serpent Ananta—while the sanctum glows, suggesting immeasurable merit radiating outward.
FAQs
Dharmic merit is not proportional to expense; heartfelt offerings to Viṣṇu can yield immeasurable spiritual fruit.
The epithet Anantaśayana points to worship of reclining Viṣṇu (common in many temples); the verse highlights the deity-form rather than a single named geography.
Offer a lamp to Anantaśayana Viṣṇu; the act is said to produce immeasurable puṇya.
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