Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 53
मंकण उवाच । नूनं भवान्महादेवः साक्षाद्दृष्टः प्रसीद मे । निश्चितं त्वं मया ज्ञात एतन्मे हृदि वर्तते
maṃkaṇa uvāca | nūnaṃ bhavānmahādevaḥ sākṣāddṛṣṭaḥ prasīda me | niścitaṃ tvaṃ mayā jñāta etanme hṛdi vartate
ಮಂಕಣನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—“ನಿಶ್ಚಯವಾಗಿ ನೀವು ಮಹಾದೇವನೇ; ನಾನು ನಿಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಸాక్షಾತ್ ಕಂಡಿದ್ದೇನೆ, ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು ಪ್ರಸನ್ನರಾಗಿರಿ. ನಾನು ನಿಮಗೆ ಖಚಿತವಾಗಿ ಪರಿಚಿತನಾಗಿದ್ದೇನೆ; ಈ ನಿಶ್ಚಯ ನನ್ನ ಹೃದಯದಲ್ಲಿ ನೆಲೆಸಿದೆ.”
Maṃkaṇa
Tirtha: Arbuda
Type: kshetra
Scene: Maṃkaṇa, kneeling, addresses Śiva: ‘You are surely Mahādeva; be gracious to me; I have recognized you—this certainty abides in my heart.’
FAQs
When divine truth is recognized, the right response is seeking grace (prasāda) with humility rather than clinging to ego-born attainments.
The Arbuda region is implicitly glorified as a locale where Mahādeva becomes directly perceptible to devotees.
No specific ritual is stated; the verse models devotional supplication and inner certainty (niścaya) in God.