Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82
ईश्वर उवाच । साधुसाधु महादेवि साधु पृष्टोऽस्मि सुवते । शृणुष्वैकमना देवि मूर्तिथं येन पूजयेत्
īśvara uvāca | sādhusādhu mahādevi sādhu pṛṣṭo'smi suvate | śṛṇuṣvaikamanā devi mūrtithaṃ yena pūjayet
Īśvara dit : «Excellent, excellent, ô Grande Déesse ; tu as bien questionné, ô toi au vœu noble. Écoute d’un esprit unifié, ô Devī, la méthode par laquelle on adore la divinité présente dans une image.»
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Śaṅkara praises Devī’s question and begins instruction; Devī sits with one-pointed attention, the atmosphere solemn and pedagogical, with a ritual space prepared nearby.
FAQs
Ritual worship must be joined with mental concentration (eka-manā) and right inquiry.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where such worship-instructions form part of the site’s sacred greatness narrative.
Śiva begins to outline the pūjā-vidhi for worshipping the deity in mūrti (iconic form).