Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 94
येन त्वदीप्सितं सिध्येत्तमुपायं निशामय । गौरीशंकरसंवादं श्रुत्वा भगवतो मुखात्
yena tvadīpsitaṃ sidhyettamupāyaṃ niśāmaya | gaurīśaṃkarasaṃvādaṃ śrutvā bhagavato mukhāt
ज्या उपायाने तुझे इच्छित कार्य सिद्ध होईल तो उपाय ऐक. भगवंतांच्या मुखातून गौरी-शंकर संवाद ऐकून (तो मार्ग कळेल).
Unspecified (introducing an authoritative teaching via Gaurī–Śaṅkara dialogue)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Someśvara/Somnath context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Soma (implied by immediate prior address)
Scene: A sacred assembly: the speaker gestures inviting attention; in a visionary inset, Gaurī and Śaṅkara sit on Kailāsa in intimate discourse; a luminous ‘bhagavato mukha’ motif suggests words emanating as script-like rays; listeners (including Soma) sit reverently in Prabhāsa.
FAQs
Spiritual success comes through a valid upāya received from authoritative tradition and divine instruction.
Prabhāsakṣetra, as the narrative frame where sacred instruction about Someśvara worship is transmitted.
Not a direct rite yet—this verse introduces the method (upāya) to be taught via the Gaurī–Śaṅkara dialogue.