Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32
यः पुनर्वासरे पुत्र दिव्यैरृषिकृतैः स्तवैः । तोषयेत्पद्मनाभं वै वैदिकैर्विष्णुसामभिः
yaḥ punarvāsare putra divyairṛṣikṛtaiḥ stavaiḥ | toṣayetpadmanābhaṃ vai vaidikairviṣṇusāmabhiḥ
اے بیٹے! جو اُس دن رِشیوں کے رچے ہوئے دیویہ ستوتروں سے—یعنی ویدک منتر اور وِشنو کے نام کے سام گیتوں سے—پدم نابھ (وِشنو) کو خوش کرتا ہے، وہ سچ مچ پرمیشور کو راضی کرتا ہے۔
Brahmā (deduced from the surrounding reference to 'yad gītaṃ brahmaṇā')
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: ‘पुत्र’ addressed (disciple/son figure in the dialogue frame)
Scene: A circle of brāhmaṇas and devotees in Dvārakā chant Ṛṣi-stavas and sing Viṣṇu-sāmans before Padmanābha; the deity’s presence is shown as a calming radiance responding to sound.
FAQs
Devotion expressed through authentic sacred praise—especially Vedic hymns—deeply pleases Viṣṇu and becomes a powerful means of merit.
Dvārakā, presented in the Dvārakā Māhātmya as a place where night-vigil and praise of Viṣṇu bear extraordinary fruit.
To worship/please Padmanābha by reciting ṛṣi-composed stotras and Vedic Viṣṇu Sāman chants on the sacred observance day.