Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22
ईश्वर उवाच । एवं संस्तुवतस्तस्य पुरतस्तस्य चेतसा । प्रादुर्बभूव देवेशि जगच्चक्षुः सनातनः । उवाच परमं प्रीतो नारदं मुनिपुंगवम्
īśvara uvāca | evaṃ saṃstuvatastasya puratastasya cetasā | prādurbabhūva deveśi jagaccakṣuḥ sanātanaḥ | uvāca paramaṃ prīto nāradaṃ munipuṃgavam
Īśvara bersabda: Wahai Dewi, ketika ia memuji demikian dengan batin yang terpusat, Mata Abadi dunia menampakkan diri di hadapannya. Sang Dewa Agung pun sangat berkenan, lalu bersabda kepada Nārada, yang utama di antara para resi.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Īśvara narrates to Devī: before the praising devotee, the Eternal Eye of the world (Sūrya/Paramātman in manifest form) suddenly appears, filling the space with light; the deity, pleased, addresses Nārada respectfully as a great sage.
FAQs
Sincere praise with focused mind invites divine presence; devotion culminates in direct grace.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where divine manifestations validate the site’s promised spiritual fruit.
Implicitly, stuti (praise) with single-pointed mind (cetasā) as a means to obtain darśana and grace.