Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 56
प्रणम्य सर्वभूतानि प्रार्थयाम्यस्मि दुष्करम् । भक्त्या भजध्वमीशानं यस्या भक्तेरिदं फलम्
praṇamya sarvabhūtāni prārthayāmyasmi duṣkaram | bhaktyā bhajadhvamīśānaṃ yasyā bhakteridaṃ phalam
सर्व भूतांना प्रणाम करून मी एक कठीण विनंती करतो—भक्तीने ईशानाचे भजन करा; कारण हाच त्या भक्तीचा फल आहे.
Vīraka (deduced from 1st-person speech within narrative)
Listener: Sarvabhūtāni (all beings) / assembled audience
Scene: A speaker bows to all beings in a wide gesture—humans, animals, and Gaṇas—then points toward a liṅga or Īśāna form, urging devotion; the scene feels like a public exhortation after a personal miracle of grace.
FAQs
Bhakti to Īśāna (Śiva) yields powerful results; devotion is presented as the decisive spiritual means.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse is a general exhortation to Śiva-bhakti.
The prescription is devotional worship (bhajadhvam) of Īśāna; no specific method (japa, snāna, dāna) is detailed here.