Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33
ईश्वर उवाच । भविष्यति सदा भक्तिर्युष्माकं परमेश्वरे । गृह्णीध्वं नगरं रम्यं कुरुध्वं वचनं मम
īśvara uvāca | bhaviṣyati sadā bhaktiryuṣmākaṃ parameśvare | gṛhṇīdhvaṃ nagaraṃ ramyaṃ kurudhvaṃ vacanaṃ mama
ព្រះអ៊ីશ્વរ ទ្រង់មានព្រះបន្ទូលថា៖ ភក្តីរបស់អ្នកទាំងឡាយចំពោះព្រះបរមេឥશ્વរ នឹងនៅថេរជានិច្ច។ ចូរទទួលយកទីក្រុងដ៏រុងរឿងនេះ ហើយអនុវត្តតាមព្រះបន្ទូលរបស់យើង។
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Recipients addressed as ‘yūyam’ (devotees/attendants in the narrative)
Scene: Śiva addresses devotees/attendants, granting assurance of unwavering devotion and entrusting them with a radiant city to uphold his command in Prabhāsa.
FAQs
Divine command and divine grace can harmonize worldly responsibility with unwavering devotion.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose sacred settlement is endorsed by Īśvara as a fitting abode for spiritual life.
Acceptance of residence in the sacred city as part of the Lord’s directive, supporting the daily dharmic practices described earlier.