Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 81
जयंत्यां विजयश्चासौ जयन्तः पुरुषोत्तमे । वाडेषु पद्महस्तोऽहं तमोलिप्ते तमोनुदः
jayaṃtyāṃ vijayaścāsau jayantaḥ puruṣottame | vāḍeṣu padmahasto'haṃ tamolipte tamonudaḥ
ஜயந்தியில் நான் விஜயன் என அழைக்கப்படுகிறேன்; புருஷோத்தமத்தில் ஜயந்தன். வாடத்தில் நான் பத்மஹஸ்தன்; தமோலிப்தத்தில் தமோநுதன்—இருளை அகற்றுபவன்.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Puruṣottama-kṣetra; Tamraliptā (Tamolipta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Four vignettes: (1) Jayantī—Viṣṇu as Vijaya with raised cakra; (2) Puruṣottama—Jagannātha-like iconic presence; (3) Vāḍa—Lotus-handed deity offering a lotus; (4) Tamraliptā—deity holding a lamp, pushing back a dark veil over a river-port skyline.
FAQs
The Divine is one, yet compassionately becomes accessible through many names and forms in different holy places, dispelling inner darkness.
Jayantī, Puruṣottama-kṣetra, Vāḍa, and Tamolipta are praised as places where the Lord is especially present under distinct epithets.
No explicit rite is stated; the emphasis is on remembering/recognizing the Lord’s name-form tied to each kṣetra as a source of merit.
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