Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40
अर्द्धांग संस्थया वापि त्वद्वक्त्रध्यानकाम्यया । तथापि ते जगन्नाथ नांतो लब्ध्वो महेश्वर
arddhāṃga saṃsthayā vāpi tvadvaktradhyānakāmyayā | tathāpi te jagannātha nāṃto labdhvo maheśvara
यद्यपि मैं तुम्हारे अर्द्धाङ्ग रूप में स्थित हूँ और तुम्हारे मुख का ध्यान करने की अभिलाषा रखती हूँ, तथापि हे जगन्नाथ, हे महेश्वर! तुम्हारा अन्त (सीमा) मुझे नहीं मिला।
Devī (Satī/Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva (Jagannātha/Maheśvara)
Scene: Devī, as Ardhanārīśvara’s inseparable half, confesses that even from within that unity she cannot reach Śiva’s ‘end’; the image oscillates between intimate union and cosmic vastness.
FAQs
Śiva’s nature is limitless; even intimate union and constant meditation cannot circumscribe the Infinite.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the Māhātmya presents profound theology—Śiva’s ananta-tattva—through Devī’s speech.
Vaktra-dhyāna (meditation on the Lord’s face) is referenced as a devotional-yogic practice, without a detailed procedure.
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