Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
एकैकेनोप वासेन उपवासायुतं फलम् । लभते नात्र सन्देहो दैत्यसूदनसन्निधौ
ekaikenopa vāsena upavāsāyutaṃ phalam | labhate nātra sandeho daityasūdanasannidhau
అక్కడ ఒక్కొక్క ఉపవాసంతో పది వేల ఉపవాసాల ఫలం లభిస్తుంది—ఇందులో సందేహం లేదు—దైత్యసూదనుని సన్నిధిలో।
Narrator addressing Devī (listener) (continued context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Viṣṇu-kṣetra in this passage)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim fasting in a sacred precinct near the sea at Prabhāsa, standing before Daityasūdana-Viṣṇu; the atmosphere suggests invisible accumulation of merit like radiant counters of light around the deity.
FAQs
Holy presence (sannidhi) magnifies spiritual practice; even a small vow becomes vast in fruit when aligned with tīrtha and devotion.
Daityasūdana’s sannidhi at Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where vrata-merit is said to multiply greatly.
Upavāsa (fasting), with the stated result that each fast yields the merit of ten thousand when done near Daityasūdana.