Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 68
ततःप्रभृति चित्ते स्वे धारयामि सदैव तु । विश्वरूपं तथा सूर्यं हृत्पंकजनिवासिनम्
tataḥprabhṛti citte sve dhārayāmi sadaiva tu | viśvarūpaṃ tathā sūryaṃ hṛtpaṃkajanivāsinam
Von da an halte ich in meinem Geist stets die Sonne von universaler Gestalt, die im Lotus des Herzens wohnt.
Unspecified first-person speaker (continuing the contemplative account)
Listener: dvijoत्तमāḥ (addressed brāhmaṇas)
Scene: A yogin sits in stillness; within his chest a lotus blooms, and in its center shines the Viśvarūpa Sun—rays expanding to contain worlds, gods, and directions.
FAQs
Continuous remembrance (dhāraṇā) of the divine within the heart is portrayed as a sustaining yogic practice.
Not named in this verse; it provides devotional-yogic meditation within the larger tīrtha narrative.
Meditative prescription: dhāraṇā of Viśvarūpa Sūrya in the heart-lotus.