Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 54
नमस्ते विष्णवे सौम्य नमस्ते गरुडध्वज । नमस्ते कम लाकांत नमस्तेब्रह्मरूपिणे
namaste viṣṇave saumya namaste garuḍadhvaja | namaste kama lākāṃta namastebrahmarūpiṇe
హే సౌమ్య విష్ణువా, నీకు నమస్కారం; హే గరుడధ్వజా, నీకు నమస్కారం. హే కమలాకాంతా, నీకు నమస్కారం; హే బ్రహ్మరూపధారిణా, నీకు నమస్కారం.
Brahmā
Tirtha: Vaikuṇṭha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Viṣṇu
Scene: Brahmā offers repeated namaskāras; Viṣṇu is depicted with Garuḍa emblem, Lakṣmī’s presence implied, and a serene ‘saumya’ expression; the scene reads like a living stotra in visual form.
FAQs
Reverence grows by contemplating the Lord’s auspicious names and cosmic functions—both personal (with Lakṣmī) and cosmic (as Brahmā-form).
No specific terrestrial site is praised; the focus is on Viṣṇu’s epithets and forms.
Salutation (namaskāra) and name-based praise are implied as devotional acts.