Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
तस्यैवं स्तुवतो देवि तुष्टोऽहं भावितात्मनः । पूर्णे वर्षसहस्रांते ध्रुवस्याह महात्मनः
tasyaivaṃ stuvato devi tuṣṭo'haṃ bhāvitātmanaḥ | pūrṇe varṣasahasrāṃte dhruvasyāha mahātmanaḥ
હે દેવી, તે ભાવિતાત્માએ આ રીતે સ્તુતિ કરતાં હું પ્રસન્ન થયો. પૂર્ણ એક હજાર વર્ષ પૂરા થતાં મેં મહાત્મા ધ્રુવને વચન કહ્યું।
Īśvara (Śiva), addressing Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva narrates to Devī: after a thousand-year cycle of Dhruva’s praise, the deity becomes pleased and prepares to speak; the scene alternates between cosmic narration and the ascetic’s steadfast worship.
FAQs
Steady praise and inner purification ripen into divine grace; Śiva responds when devotion becomes complete.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), presented as a place where prolonged devotion bears direct fruit.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on sustained stuti (praise) and tapas over time.
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