Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61
सप्तभिर्बलभद्रश्च चक्रगोऽत्र प्रकीर्तितः । लाच्छितश्चाष्टभिर्भक्तिं ददाति पुरुषोत्तमः
saptabhirbalabhadraśca cakrago'tra prakīrtitaḥ | lācchitaścāṣṭabhirbhaktiṃ dadāti puruṣottamaḥ
Sa pitong tanda, Siya ay si Balabhadra, dito ipinahahayag bilang ang nananahan sa Cakra. Sa walong tanda, ang Kataas-taasang Persona (Puruṣottama), na may natatanging tatak, ay nagkakaloob ng bhakti—taimtim na debosyon.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (Dvāravatī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Balabhadra stands in Dvārakā’s sacred precinct, robust and serene, associated with the cakra motif; then Puruṣottama, distinctly marked, extends grace that awakens bhakti in the hearts of pilgrims.
FAQs
The highest gift is bhakti itself—devotion bestowed by the Supreme—surpassing merely material attainments.
Dvārakā’s Cakra-related sanctity within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative.
No explicit rite; it emphasizes the bestowal of bhakti through association with the sacred, Cakra-marked presence.