Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 89
तस्यविग्रहसंस्थोऽहं सदा तिष्ठामि पार्वति । वंदितः पूजितो ध्यातो यथाहं नात्र संशयः
tasyavigrahasaṃstho'haṃ sadā tiṣṭhāmi pārvati | vaṃditaḥ pūjito dhyāto yathāhaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ
হে পাৰ্বতী, মই সেই একে বিগ্ৰহত সদায় অৱস্থিত থাকোঁ। যেতিয়া তাক বন্দনা, পূজা আৰু ধ্যান কৰা হয়, তেতিয়া যেন মোকেই সন্মান কৰা হয়—ইয়াত সন্দেহ নাই।
Śiva (addressing Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha/Śiva-sannidhāna)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: Śiva declares to Pārvatī that he abides in the consecrated icon; devotees offer flowers and lamps before a radiant liṅga/vigraha, while a subtle cosmic Śiva presence mirrors the shrine form.
FAQs
Worship of the sacred form is affirmed as direct worship of Śiva, supported by divine presence.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the discussed form/icon is to be revered.
Vandana (praise), pūjā (worship), and dhyāna (meditation) of the deity’s vigraha.