Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 171
एकः शास्ता न द्वितीयोऽस्ति शास्ता हृद्येव तिष्ठन्पुरुषं प्रशास्ति । तेनाभियुक्तः प्रणवादिवोदकं यता नियुक्तोस्मि तथाचरामि
ekaḥ śāstā na dvitīyo'sti śāstā hṛdyeva tiṣṭhanpuruṣaṃ praśāsti | tenābhiyuktaḥ praṇavādivodakaṃ yatā niyuktosmi tathācarāmi
Es gibt nur einen Lenker; einen zweiten Lenker gibt es nicht. Im Herzen verweilend, zügelt und unterweist er den Menschen. Von ihm beauftragt, wie Wasser durch den Urlaut Pranava (Om) in Bewegung gesetzt, handle ich genau so, wie es mir angewiesen ist.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context)
Scene: A yogin seated in meditation, a luminous deity enthroned within the heart-lotus; from the praṇava (ॐ) a stream of water-like energy flows, setting the world and the yogin’s actions in motion.
FAQs
It teaches the Antaryāmin doctrine: the one inner Ruler in the heart directs conduct, and the aspirant aligns actions with that command.
No site is named; the māhātmya here is inward—heart-centered divine governance as the true pilgrimage.
Implicitly, praṇava-centered orientation and disciplined obedience to the inner divine ordinance; no external ritual is specified.