Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 6
अतस्तद्भक्तिलेशस्य माहात्म्यं वर्ण्यते मया । अपि कल्पायुषा नालं वक्तुं विस्तरतः क्वचित्
atastadbhaktileśasya māhātmyaṃ varṇyate mayā | api kalpāyuṣā nālaṃ vaktuṃ vistarataḥ kvacit
پس میں اسی بھکتی کے ایک ذرّے کی بھی عظمت بیان کرتا ہوں؛ اگر کَلپ بھر کی عمر بھی مل جائے تو بھی اس کی تفصیل پوری طرح کہنا ممکن نہیں۔
Sūta
Listener: Ṛṣis (implied)
Scene: Sūta gestures toward the boundlessness of bhakti’s greatness, as if indicating an immeasurable horizon; the sages respond with wonder and reverence.
FAQs
Bhakti is portrayed as immeasurable in merit—so potent that even a tiny portion of it surpasses ordinary reckoning.
No site is mentioned; the emphasis is theological—on devotion’s boundless power.
No specific rite is prescribed; the passage prepares for praise of devotional practices (like japa and kathā).