Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68
बालेनाभिहिता सा तु ध्यात्वा देवं जनार्द्दनम् । कृतांजलिरुवाचेदं कथ्यतां मे सुनिश्चितम्
bālenābhihitā sā tu dhyātvā devaṃ janārddanam | kṛtāṃjaliruvācedaṃ kathyatāṃ me suniścitam
So vom Kind angesprochen, versenkte sie sich in den Herrn Janārdana. Mit gefalteten Händen sprach sie: „Sage mir entschieden, was gewiss ist, die Wahrheit hiervon.“
Narrator (describing her response)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (rishis/disciples in frame)
Scene: A motherly figure, addressed by a child, closes her eyes in meditation on Janārdana; then opens them, hands folded, asking for decisive truth.
FAQs
In confusion and grief, one should turn inward to the deity through meditation and humble inquiry.
Prabhāsakṣetra, presented as a setting where devotion to Janārdana arises naturally within the māhātmya.
A devotional act is implied: dhyāna (meditation) and añjali (folded-hands reverence).