Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
अथ जीवश्चिरं ध्यात्वा दृष्ट्वा तं ज्ञानचक्षुषा । जगाम सहितो देवैः प्रोवाचाथ सुनिष्ठुरम्
atha jīvaściraṃ dhyātvā dṛṣṭvā taṃ jñānacakṣuṣā | jagāma sahito devaiḥ provācātha suniṣṭhuram
അപ്പോൾ ജീവൻ ദീർഘനേരം ധ്യാനിച്ച് ജ്ഞാനചക്ഷുവാൽ അവനെ കണ്ടു; ദേവന്മാരോടൊപ്പം അവിടെ ചെന്നു കടുപ്പത്തോടെ സംസാരിച്ചു।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)
Type: cave
Scene: Jīva sits in deep meditation; a subtle aura forms, then he rises, leading devas in a purposeful procession toward the hidden place, his face stern with dharmic urgency.
FAQs
Inner clarity (dhyāna and jñāna) enables right action—seeing the truth and addressing wrongdoing firmly.
Not directly; the verse is part of the lead-up within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
Meditation (dhyāna) is implied as a spiritual discipline, though no formal rite is prescribed here.