Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
नारायणस्य प्रीत्यर्थं तदेवाक्षय्यमाप्यते । मर्त्यस्त्यजति श्रद्धावान्सोऽनंतफलभाग्भवेत्
nārāyaṇasya prītyarthaṃ tadevākṣayyamāpyate | martyastyajati śraddhāvānso'naṃtaphalabhāgbhavet
ନାରାୟଣଙ୍କ ପ୍ରୀତିର୍ଥେ କରାଯାଇଥିବା ଏହି ବ୍ରତ/ତ୍ୟାଗ ଅକ୍ଷୟ ଫଳଦାୟକ ହୁଏ। ଯେ ମର୍ତ୍ୟ ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାସହିତ ଏହା ଆଚରେ, ସେ ଅନନ୍ତ ଫଳର ଭାଗୀ ହୁଏ।
Brahmā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim-householder, hands folded, makes a saṅkalpa before a small Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa shrine near a tīrtha; a palm-leaf manuscript and a water-pot indicate vrata discipline; the aura suggests ‘akṣaya’ merit flowing like an unending stream.
FAQs
Faithful renunciation offered to Nārāyaṇa turns a small discipline into imperishable merit and unending spiritual benefit.
No single tirtha is named in this verse; it supports the Cāturmāsya theme within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative setting.
Perform tyāga (giving up a chosen item/habit) with śraddhā explicitly for Nārāyaṇa’s pleasure.