Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
स्तुवंति विविधैः स्तोत्रैर्मन्यमाना महेश्वरम् । ज्ञात्वा ध्यानेन देवस्य त्रिनेत्रत्वमुपागताः
stuvaṃti vividhaiḥ stotrairmanyamānā maheśvaram | jñātvā dhyānena devasya trinetratvamupāgatāḥ
ആ അവസ്ഥ മഹേശ്വരന്റെ കൃപയെന്ന് കരുതി അവർ വിവിധ സ്തോത്രങ്ങളാൽ സ്തുതിച്ചു; ദേവന്റെ ധ്യാനത്തിലൂടെ അറിഞ്ഞു, തങ്ങൾ ത്രിനേത്രത്വം പ്രാപിച്ചതായി ബോധിച്ചു।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this excerpt)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages
Scene: The sages rise from meditation into collective hymn-singing, hands folded; their faces show gratitude and awe as the third-eye sign glows subtly.
FAQs
Dhyāna and stotra together mature devotion—inner realization expresses itself as praise and recognition of Śiva’s grace.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Saṅgāleśvara context), where hymns and meditation are said to bear exceptional fruit.
Stotra-pāṭha (recitation of hymns) and dhyāna (meditation) upon Śiva.