Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
ये भूतले ये दिवि येऽन्तरिक्षे रसातले प्राणिगणाश्च केचित् । भवन्तु ते सिद्धियुता नरोत्तमाः स्मृते जगद्धातरि वासुदेवे
ye bhūtale ye divi ye'ntarikṣe rasātale prāṇigaṇāśca kecit | bhavantu te siddhiyutā narottamāḥ smṛte jagaddhātari vāsudeve
زمین پر ہوں، آسمان میں ہوں، فضا میں ہوں یا پاتال میں—جو بھی جاندار کہیں ہیں—جب کائنات کے سہارا واسو دیو کو یاد کیا جائے تو وہ سب کمال و سرفرازی پا کر نیک ترین بن جائیں۔
Ṛṣis (hymnic praise; speaker not explicitly marked in this verse)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A panoramic vision of the fourfold realms—earth, heaven, mid-space, and netherworld—receiving blessings as Vāsudeva is remembered; beings become ‘siddhiyuta’ and noble.
FAQs
Remembrance of the Lord is portrayed as a universally beneficial act, uplifting beings across all realms.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the narrative setting; the prayer aligns with the māhātmya’s theme that devotion in this sacred geography yields broad spiritual benefit.
The verse highlights smaraṇa (remembering Vāsudeva), not a physical rite like snāna or dāna.