Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39
स्वयं स्नातः शुचिर्भूत्वा प्रणम्य विबुधेश्वरान् । तमग्निं द्विः परिक्रम्य शिवं दध्यौ समाहितः
svayaṃ snātaḥ śucirbhūtvā praṇamya vibudheśvarān | tamagniṃ dviḥ parikramya śivaṃ dadhyau samāhitaḥ
ಅವನು ತಾನೇ ಸ್ನಾನಮಾಡಿ ಶುದ್ಧನಾಗಿ, ದೇವಾಧೀಶ್ವರರಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕರಿಸಿ, ಆ ಅಗ್ನಿಯನ್ನು ಎರಡು ಬಾರಿ ಪ್ರದಕ್ಷಿಣೆ ಮಾಡಿ, ಸಮಾಹಿತಚಿತ್ತದಿಂದ ಶಿವನ ಧ್ಯಾನ ಮಾಡಿದನು।
Narrator
Type: kund
Scene: A king (or devotee) freshly bathed, in clean garments, hands folded, bowing to the assembled devas; a consecrated fire blazes at center; he circumambulates it twice and then sits in yogic composure, eyes half-closed, meditating on Śiva.
FAQs
It presents purification, reverence, and focused Śiva-dhyāna as the inner orientation sought at life’s critical moments.
No specific tīrtha is referenced.
Snāna (bathing), śauca (purity), parikramā (circumambulation) of agni, and dhyāna (meditation) on Śiva.