Skanda Purana · Verses 2.16-3

//śrībhagavānuvāca// //
śṛṇu dhyānaṃ caturvaktra vakṣyāmi prītamānasaḥ //
śrutenaiva ca saubhāgyaṃ labhate mānavo bhuvi

atha śrīmadudyānasaṃvītahaimasthalodbhāsiratnasphuranmaṃḍapāṃtaḥ //
lasatkalpavṛkṣoditoddīptaratnasthalādhiṣṭhitāṃbhojapīṭhā'dhirūḍham

mahānīlanīlābhamatyaṃtabālaṃ guḍasnigdhavaktrāṃtavisrastakeśam //
alivrātaparyākulotphullapadmapramugdhānanaṃ śrīmadiṃdīvarākṣam

calatkuṃḍalollāsitotphullagallaṃ sughoṇaṃ suśoṇādharaṃ susmitāsyam //
anekollasatkaṃṭhabhūṣālasaṃtaṃ vahaṃtaṃ nakhaṃ pauṃḍarīkaṃ sunetram

samuddhūsaroraḥsthalaṃ dhenudhūlyā supuṣṭāṃgamaṣṭāpadākalpadīptam //
kaṭīrasthale cārujaṃghoruyugme pinaddhaṃ kvaṇatkiṃkiṇījāladāmnā

hasaṃtaṃ lasadbaṃdhujīvaprasūnaprabhāpāṇipādāṃbujodārakāṃtyā //
kare dakṣiṇe pāyasaṃ vāmahaste dadhānaṃ navaṃ śuddhahaiyaṃgavīnam

mahībhārabhūtā'marārātiyūthā'nalaṃ pūtanādīnnihaṃtuṃ pravṛttam //
prabhuṃ gopikāgopavṛṃdena vītaṃ surendrādibhirvaṃditaṃ devadevam

prage pūjayitvā tvanusmṛtya kṛṣṇaṃ bhujaṃgeṃdravajrādibhirbhaktinamraḥ //
sitāṃbhojahaiyaṃgavīnaiśca dadhnā vimiśreṇa dugdhena saṃprīṇayettam

iti prātarevā'rcayedatyutaṃ yo naraḥ pratyahaṃ śaśvadāstikyayuktaḥ //
labhetso'cireṇaiva lakṣmīṃ samagrāmiha pretya śuddhaṃ paraṃ dhāma bhūyāt

mantraścoktaḥ purā putra ādau lokamanoharaḥ //
śrīmaddāmodarākhyo hi śṛṇu tasyādhikāriṇaḥ

ayogyāya na dātavyo maṃtrarājastvayā suta //
yatnena gopanīyaṃ ca rahasyaṃ śīghrasiddhidam

alasaṃ malinaṃ kliṣṭaṃ daṃbhamohasamanvitam //
daridraṃ rogiṇaṃ kruddhaṃ rāgiṇaṃ bhogalālasam

asūyāmatsaragrastaṃ śaṭhaṃ paruṣavādinam //
anyāyenā'rjitadhanaṃ paradārarataṃ sadā

viduṣāṃ vairiṇaṃ nityamajñaṃ paṃḍitamāninam //
bhraṣṭavrataṃ kliṣṭavṛttiṃ piśunaṃ duṣṭamānasam

bahvāśinaṃ krūraceṣṭamagragaṇyaṃ durātmanām //
kṛpaṇaṃ pāpinaṃ raudramāśritānāṃ bhayaṃkaram

evamādiguṇairyuktaṃ śiṣyaṃ naiva parigrahet //
gṛhṇīyādyadi taddoṣaḥ prāyo gurumupaspṛśet

amātyadoṣo rājānaṃ jāyādoṣaḥ patiṃ yathā //
tathā śiṣyakṛto doṣo guruṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam

tasmācchiṣyaṃ gururnityaṃ parīkṣyaiva parigrahet //
kāyena manasā vācā guruśuśrūṣaṇe ratam

asteyavṛttimāstikyayuktaṃ mokṣakṛtodyamam //
brahmacaryarataṃ nityaṃ dṛḍhavratamakalmaṣam

prasannahṛdayaṃ śuddhamaśaṭhaṃ vimalāśayam //
paropakāranirataṃ svārthe ca vigataspṛham

svacittavittadehaistu paritoṣakaraṃ guroḥ //
āśritānāṃ tathā putra paritoṣakaraṃ śucim

īdṛgvidhāya śiṣyāya maṃtraṃ dadyācca nānyathā //
yadyanyathā vadettasmindevatāśāpa āpatet

śṛṇu putra pravakṣyāmi gurorapi ca lakṣaṇam //
ebhistu lakṣaṇairyukto gurureva bhavennṛṇām

samacetāḥ praśāṃtātmā vimanyuśca suhṛnnṛṇām //
sādhurmahānsamo loke sa guruḥ parikīrtitaḥ

mama vratadharo nityaṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ susaṃmataḥ //
madāśrayakathāsakto mamotsavarataḥ sadā

kṛpāsindhuḥ supūrṇārthaḥ sarvasattvopakārakaḥ //
niḥspṛhaḥ sarvataḥ siddhaḥ sarvavidyāviśāradaḥ

sarvasaṃśayasaṃchettā'nalaso gururādṛtaḥ //
brāhmaṇaḥ sarvakālajñaḥ kuryātsarveṣvanugraham

pūrvoktalakṣaṇairyuktaḥ śiṣya īdṛgvidhādguroḥ //
gṛhṇīyātputra tanmaṃtraṃ mārgaśīrṣe madāyane

vaiṣṇavānāṃ vratānāṃ ca kuryātsvīkaraṇaṃ budhaḥ //
matpriyaṃ śṛṇuyācchaśvacchrīmadbhāgavataṃ param

śrīmadbhāgavataṃnāma purāṇaṃ lokaviśrutam //
śṛṇuyācchraddhayā yukto mama santoṣakāraṇam

nityaṃ bhāgavataṃ yastu purāṇaṃ paṭhate naraḥ //
pratyakṣaraṃ bhavettasya kapilādānajaṃ phalam

ślokārdhaṃ ślokapādaṃ vā nityaṃ bhāgavatodbhavam //
paṭhate śṛṇuyādyastu gosahasraphalaṃ labhet

yaḥ paṭhetprayato nityaṃ ślokaṃ bhāgavataṃ suta //
aṣṭādaśapurāṇānāṃ phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ

nityaṃ mama kathā yatra tatra tiṣṭhanti vaiṣṇavāḥ //
kalibāhyā narāste vai ye'rcayanti sadā mama

vaiṣṇavānāṃ tu śāstrāṇi ye'rcayanti gṛhe narāḥ //
sarvapāpavinirmuktā bhavaṃti suravanditāḥ

ye'rcayanti gṛhe nityaṃ śāstraṃ bhāgavataṃ kalau //
āsphoṭayaṃti valganti teṣāṃ prīto bhavāmyaham

yāvaddināni he putra śāstraṃ bhāgavataṃ gṛhe //
tāvatpibaṃti pitaraḥ kṣīraṃ sarpirmadhūdakam

yacchaṃti vaiṣṇave bhaktyā śāstraṃ bhāgavataṃ hi ye //
kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi mama loke vasaṃti te

ye'rcayanti sadā gehe śāstraṃ bhāgavataṃ narāḥ //
prīṇitāstaiśca vibudhā yāvadā''bhūtasaṃplavam

ślokārdhaṃ ślokapādaṃ vā varaṃ bhāgavataṃ gṛhe //
śataśo'tha sahasraiśca kimanyaiḥ śāstrasaṃgrahaiḥ

na yasya tiṣṭhate śāstraṃ gṛhe bhāgavataṃ kalau //
na tasya punarāvṛttiryāmyapāśātkadācana

kathaṃ sa vaiṣṇavo jñeyaḥ śāstraṃ bhāgavataṃ kalau //
gṛhe na tiṣṭhate yasya śvapacādadhiko hi saḥ

sarvasvenā'pi lokeśa kartavyaḥ śāstrasaṃgrahaḥ //
vaiṣṇavastu sadā bhaktyā tuṣṭyarthaṃ mama putraka

yatra yatra bhavetpuṇyaṃ śāstraṃ bhāgavataṃ kalau //
tatra tatra sadaivā'haṃ bhavāmi tridaśaiḥ saha

tatra sarvāṇi tīrthāni nadīnadasarāṃsi ca //
yajñāḥ saptapurī nityaṃ puṇyāḥ sarve śiloccayāḥ

śrotavyaṃ mama śāstraṃ hi yaśodharmajayārthinā //
pāpakṣayārthaṃ lokeśa mokṣārthaṃ dharmabuddhinā

śrīmadbhāgavataṃ puṇyamāyurārogyapuṣṭidam //
paṭhanācchravaṇādvā'pi sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

na śṛṇvaṃti na hṛṣyaṃti śrīmadbhāgavataṃ param //
satyaṃsatyaṃ hi lokeśa teṣāṃ svāmī sadā yamaḥ

na gacchati yadā martyaḥ śrotuṃ bhāgavataṃ suta //
ekādaśyāṃ viśeṣeṇa nā'sti pāparatastataḥ

ślokaṃ bhāgavataṃ cā'pi ślokārdhaṃ pādameva vā //
likhitaṃ tiṣṭhate yasya gṛhe tasya vasāmyaham

sarvā''śramā'bhigamanaṃ sarvatīrthā'vagāhanam //
na tathā pāvanaṃ nṝṇāṃ śrīmadbhāgavataṃ yathā

yatra yatra caturvaktra śrīmadbhāgavataṃ bhavet //
gacchāmi tatratatrā'haṃ gauryathā sutavatsalā

matkathāvācakaṃ nityaṃ matkathāśravaṇe ratam //
matkathāprītamanasaṃ nā'haṃ tyakṣyāmi taṃ naram

śrīmadbhāgavataṃ puṇyaṃ dṛṣṭvā nottiṣṭhate hi yaḥ //
sāṃvatsaraṃ tasya puṇyaṃ vilayaṃ yāti putraka

śrīmadbhāgavataṃ dṛṣṭvā pratyutthānābhivādanaiḥ //
sanmānayeta taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhavetprītirmamā'tulā

dṛṣṭvā bhāgavataṃ dūrātprakrametsaṃmukhaṃ hi yaḥ //
padepade'śvamedhasya phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam

utthāya praṇamedyo vai śrīmadbhāgavataṃ naraḥ //
dhanaṃ putrāṃstathā dārānbhaktiṃ ca pradadāmyaham

mahārājopacāraistu śrīmadbhāgavataṃ suta //
śṛṇvaṃti ye narā bhaktyā teṣāṃ vaśyo bhavāmyaham

mamotsaveṣu sarvepu śrīmadbhāgavataṃ param //
śṛṇvaṃti ye narā bhaktyā mama prītyai ca suvrata

vastrālaṃkaraṇaiḥ puṣpairdhūpadīpopahārakaiḥ //
vaśīkṛto hyahaṃ taiśca satstriyā satpatiryathā

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe brahmaviṣṇusaṃvāde mārgaśīrṣamāsamāhātmye bhāgavataśraiṣṭhyamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma poḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ