Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40
अर्द्धांग संस्थया वापि त्वद्वक्त्रध्यानकाम्यया । तथापि ते जगन्नाथ नांतो लब्ध्वो महेश्वर
arddhāṃga saṃsthayā vāpi tvadvaktradhyānakāmyayā | tathāpi te jagannātha nāṃto labdhvo maheśvara
„Obwohl ich als deine Hälfte weile und obwohl ich danach verlange, dein Antlitz zu meditieren, habe ich doch, o Jagannātha—o Maheśvara—dein Ende nicht erlangt.“
Devī (Satī/Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva (Jagannātha/Maheśvara)
Scene: Devī, as Ardhanārīśvara’s inseparable half, confesses that even from within that unity she cannot reach Śiva’s ‘end’; the image oscillates between intimate union and cosmic vastness.
FAQs
Śiva’s nature is limitless; even intimate union and constant meditation cannot circumscribe the Infinite.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the Māhātmya presents profound theology—Śiva’s ananta-tattva—through Devī’s speech.
Vaktra-dhyāna (meditation on the Lord’s face) is referenced as a devotional-yogic practice, without a detailed procedure.