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
Thus addressed by the child, she meditated on Lord Janārdana. With folded hands she said, “Tell me decisively what is certain—the truth of this.”
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).