Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 11
धर्म्मारण्यपतिस्त्रिविष्टपपतिर्नित्यं भवानीपतिः पापाद्वः स्थिरभोगयोगसुलभो देवः स धर्मेश्वरः । सर्वेषां हृदयानि जीवकलया व्याप्य स्थितः सर्वदा ध्यात्वा यं न पुनर्विशंति मनुजाः संसारकारागृहम्
dharmmāraṇyapatistriviṣṭapapatirnityaṃ bhavānīpatiḥ pāpādvaḥ sthirabhogayogasulabho devaḥ sa dharmeśvaraḥ | sarveṣāṃ hṛdayāni jīvakalayā vyāpya sthitaḥ sarvadā dhyātvā yaṃ na punarviśaṃti manujāḥ saṃsārakārāgṛham
ಅವನು ಧರ್ಮಾರಣ್ಯದ ಅಧಿಪತಿ, ತ್ರಿವಿಷ್ಟಪ (ಸ್ವರ್ಗ)ದ ಪತಿ, ನಿತ್ಯ ಭವಾನೀಪತಿ, ಪಾಪಹರ ಧರ್ಮೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವನು; ಸ್ಥಿರ ಭೋಗ ಮತ್ತು ಯೋಗದಿಂದ ನಿಮಗೆ ಸುಲಭಸಾಧ್ಯನು. ಜೀವಕಲೆಯಿಂದ ಎಲ್ಲರ ಹೃದಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸದಾ ವ್ಯಾಪಿಸಿ ಸ್ಥಿತನಾಗಿದ್ದಾನೆ; ಅವನನ್ನು ಧ್ಯಾನಿಸಿದ ಮಾನವರು ಮತ್ತೆ ಸಂಸಾರ-ಕಾರಾಗೃಹಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ।
Narrative voice (stotra-style praise within the chapter)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (implied)
Scene: Majestic Dharmeśvara (Śiva) as lord of Dharmāraṇya: seated in yogic posture, crescent moon and matted locks, with Bhavānī beside; a luminous thread of light extends from his heart into the hearts of beings, symbolizing pervasion; below, devotees meditate, the ‘prison-house’ of saṃsāra depicted as broken chains.
FAQs
Meditation on Dharmeśvara (Śiva), the indwelling Lord, is portrayed as the path that ends repeated bondage in saṃsāra.
Dharmāraṇya is explicitly glorified through the epithet “Dharmāraṇya-pati,” presenting the site as Śiva’s sacred domain.
Dhyāna (meditation) on Dharmeśvara is the key practice highlighted.
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