Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 54
नमस्ते विष्णवे सौम्य नमस्ते गरुडध्वज । नमस्ते कम लाकांत नमस्तेब्रह्मरूपिणे
namaste viṣṇave saumya namaste garuḍadhvaja | namaste kama lākāṃta namastebrahmarūpiṇe
اے نرم خو وشنو! آپ کو نمسکار؛ اے گرڑ دھوج! آپ کو نمسکار۔ اے کملہ (لکشمی) کے کانت! آپ کو نمسکار؛ اے برہما روپ دھارن کرنے والے! آپ کو نمسکار۔
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.