Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12
स्मरामि देवं हृदि चिन्तयित्वा प्रभुं शरण्यं जलसंनिविष्टः । नमामि देवं शरणं प्रपद्ये ध्यानं च तस्येति कृतं मया च
smarāmi devaṃ hṛdi cintayitvā prabhuṃ śaraṇyaṃ jalasaṃniviṣṭaḥ | namāmi devaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye dhyānaṃ ca tasyeti kṛtaṃ mayā ca
Tenggelam dalam air, aku mengingati Tuhan di dalam hati—Sang Penguasa, tempat perlindungan yang sejati. Aku menunduk bersujud kepada-Nya, berserah diri memohon naungan, dan menetapkan meditasi pada-Nya—demikianlah yang aku lakukan.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā (contextual)
Type: river
Listener: King (bhūpa)
Scene: A devotee submerged to the chest in dark waters, eyes closed; a luminous deity-form appears within the heart-lotus; hands in namaskāra; the surrounding chaos quiets around a circle of calm.
FAQs
Remembrance (smaraṇa), inner contemplation, bowing, surrender, and meditation are presented as a complete dharmic response to fear and instability.
The verse is devotional and interior; it does not name a specific tīrtha, though it belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa milieu connected with the Narmadā sacred landscape.
Smaraṇa (remembrance), namaskāra (bowing), śaraṇāgati (taking refuge), and dhyāna (meditation) are explicitly stated.