Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64
श्रुतिस्मृतिपुराणैश्च सोऽपि विष्णुपदं व्रजेत् । शालिग्रामशिलायाश्च चतुर्विंशतिसंख्यकाः । भेदाः संति महाशूद्र ताञ्छृणुष्व महामते
śrutismṛtipurāṇaiśca so'pi viṣṇupadaṃ vrajet | śāligrāmaśilāyāśca caturviṃśatisaṃkhyakāḥ | bhedāḥ saṃti mahāśūdra tāñchṛṇuṣva mahāmate
شروتی، اسمِرتی اور پرانوں کی گواہی سے وہ بھی وشنو کے دھام کو پہنچتا ہے۔ اور اے عظیم شودر، شالیگرام شِلا کی چوبیس قسمیں مانی گئی ہیں؛ اے دانا، انہیں سنو۔
Gālava (addressing King Paijavana)
Tirtha: Śāligrāma-śilā (taxonomy of 24)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Addressed as 'mahāśūdra' (a Śūdra devotee/disciple)
Scene: A teacher-sage addresses a disciple, holding a palm-leaf manuscript while a tray of varied Śāligrāma stones (different markings) is displayed, signaling the forthcoming enumeration of twenty-four types.
FAQs
Śāligrāma devotion is affirmed by major scriptural authorities and is presented as a path to Viṣṇu’s abode.
Implicitly Gaṇḍakī-associated Śāligrāma tradition; the passage continues the Gaṇḍakī–Śāligrāma sanctity theme.
Listening to (and learning) the scripturally recognized classifications of Śāligrāma as part of proper reverence.
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