Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3
आराधिता मया पश्चाद्ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः । त्रयस्त्वेकाग्रचित्तेन ततस्तुष्टाः सुरोत्तमाः
ārādhitā mayā paścādbrahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ | trayastvekāgracittena tatastuṣṭāḥ surottamāḥ
ثم بعد ذلك عبدتُ برهما وفيشنو وماهيشڤرا بقلبٍ واحدٍ مُركَّز. فسرَّتْ تلك الآلهةُ العُظمى الثلاثة، وهم سادةُ السورَة، ورضوا.
Unspecified narrator addressing Nārada (contextual, within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative)
Tirtha: Śālā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Nārada performs worship with steady mind; above him appear Brahmā (four-faced), Viṣṇu (with conch and discus), and Maheśvara (with trident), all radiant and pleased; offerings—flowers, incense, lamps—arranged before a small altar near the sacred precinct.
FAQs
Single-minded devotion (ekāgratā) in worship quickly pleases the divine and bears protective, dharmic results.
This verse itself does not name a specific tīrtha; it supports the broader Kaumārikākhaṇḍa theme of dharmic protection connected to a sacred setting.
Upāsanā/ārādhanā—propitiatory worship performed with concentrated mind.