Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 43
शबर्युवाच । पुष्पाणि संतु तव देव ममेंद्रियाणि धूपोऽगुरुर्वपुरिदं हृदयं प्रदीपः । प्राणा हवींषि करणानि तवाक्षताश्च पूजाफलं व्रजतु सांप्रतमेष जीवः
śabaryuvāca | puṣpāṇi saṃtu tava deva mameṃdriyāṇi dhūpo'gururvapuridaṃ hṛdayaṃ pradīpaḥ | prāṇā havīṃṣi karaṇāni tavākṣatāśca pūjāphalaṃ vrajatu sāṃpratameṣa jīvaḥ
Śabarī dit : «Ô Dieu, que mes sens soient Tes fleurs ; que ce corps soit l’encens parfumé ; que mon cœur soit la lampe. Que mes souffles vitaux soient les oblations, et mes facultés Tes grains intacts. Qu’à présent cette âme même s’en aille, fruit de l’adoration».
Śabarī
Tirtha: Mānasa-pūjā-kṣetra (inner worship-field)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śabarī, hands folded, speaks a luminous inner-pūjā hymn: flowers become her senses, incense her body, lamp her heart; subtle icons of these offerings appear as symbolic overlays around her, while Śiva’s presence is felt beyond the flames.
FAQs
The highest worship is inner self-offering—transforming senses, mind, and prāṇa into sacred articles of pūjā for Śiva.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse glorifies the inner sanctuary of the heart where Sadāśiva is worshipped.
It teaches a symbolic ‘mānasa-pūjā’: flowers (senses), incense (body), lamp (heart), oblations (prāṇa), and akṣata (faculties).