Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
देवा ऊचुः । भोभो विप्र त्वया नूनं सर्वे संतर्पिता वयम् । मानसेन तु यज्ञेन तस्माद्ब्रूहि मनोगतम्
devā ūcuḥ | bhobho vipra tvayā nūnaṃ sarve saṃtarpitā vayam | mānasena tu yajñena tasmādbrūhi manogatam
દેવોએ કહ્યું—“હે હે વિપ્ર! તારા માનસ યજ્ઞથી અમે સર્વે નિશ્ચયે સંતર્પિત થયા છીએ. તેથી મનમાં જે અભિલાષા છે તે કહો।”
Devatāḥ
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (kūpa episode)
Type: kund
Listener: The brāhmaṇa in the well
Scene: The devas speak directly: they declare themselves satisfied by the brāhmaṇa’s mental sacrifice and invite him to express his heart’s desire.
FAQs
Inner worship (mānasa-yajña) is acknowledged as a complete offering capable of invoking divine grace and the granting of boons.
Prabhāsakṣetra, in the episode connected with the sacred well later known as Tritakūpa.
The verse highlights mānasa-yajña (mental sacrifice) as the effective act that propitiates the gods.
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