Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22
ईश्वर उवाच । एवं संस्तुवतस्तस्य पुरतस्तस्य चेतसा । प्रादुर्बभूव देवेशि जगच्चक्षुः सनातनः । उवाच परमं प्रीतो नारदं मुनिपुंगवम्
īśvara uvāca | evaṃ saṃstuvatastasya puratastasya cetasā | prādurbabhūva deveśi jagaccakṣuḥ sanātanaḥ | uvāca paramaṃ prīto nāradaṃ munipuṃgavam
ঈশ্বর বললেন—হে দেবেশি! তিনি একাগ্রচিত্তে এভাবে স্তব করছিলেন, তখন জগতের সনাতন চক্ষু তাঁর সম্মুখে প্রকাশিত হল। পরম প্রীত হয়ে তিনি মুনিপুঙ্গব নারদকে বললেন।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Īśvara narrates to Devī: before the praising devotee, the Eternal Eye of the world (Sūrya/Paramātman in manifest form) suddenly appears, filling the space with light; the deity, pleased, addresses Nārada respectfully as a great sage.
FAQs
Sincere praise with focused mind invites divine presence; devotion culminates in direct grace.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where divine manifestations validate the site’s promised spiritual fruit.
Implicitly, stuti (praise) with single-pointed mind (cetasā) as a means to obtain darśana and grace.
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