Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
शंखश्च दक्षिणावर्त्तो लक्ष्मीनारायणात्मकः । तुलसी कृष्णसारोऽत्र यत्र द्वारवती शिला । तत्र श्रीर्विजयो विष्णुर्मुक्तिरेवं चतुष्टयम्
śaṃkhaśca dakṣiṇāvartto lakṣmīnārāyaṇātmakaḥ | tulasī kṛṣṇasāro'tra yatra dvāravatī śilā | tatra śrīrvijayo viṣṇurmuktirevaṃ catuṣṭayam
Onde há a concha que gira para a direita (dakṣiṇāvarta), que encarna Lakṣmī‑Nārāyaṇa; onde estão a Tulasī e a pele do antílope negro; e onde se encontra a śilā sagrada de Dvāravatī—ali residem as quatro bênçãos: prosperidade (Śrī), vitória, a presença de Viṣṇu e a libertação (mokṣa).
Narrative voice within Brahmā–Nārada dialogue context (deduced from adhyāya colophon)
Tirtha: Dvāravatī/Dvārakā-associated śilā-sthāna (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A shrine altar displaying a right-turning conch, tulasī plant, blackbuck-skin āsana, and a sacred Dvārakā stone; above them Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa radiate, and four personified boons—Śrī, Vijaya, Viṣṇu-sannidhi, Mukti—stand as attendants.
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Sacred Vaiṣṇava emblems and proper worship create a spiritually charged space that bestows worldly well-being and ultimate liberation.
A Vaiṣṇava-identified kṣetra within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya where Dvāravatī śilā and other auspicious emblems are present.
Maintaining and venerating Vaiṣṇava sacred items—dakṣiṇāvarta conch, Tulasī, and sacred śilā—implying temple/home pūjā standards.