Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 171
एकः शास्ता न द्वितीयोऽस्ति शास्ता हृद्येव तिष्ठन्पुरुषं प्रशास्ति । तेनाभियुक्तः प्रणवादिवोदकं यता नियुक्तोस्मि तथाचरामि
ekaḥ śāstā na dvitīyo'sti śāstā hṛdyeva tiṣṭhanpuruṣaṃ praśāsti | tenābhiyuktaḥ praṇavādivodakaṃ yatā niyuktosmi tathācarāmi
ଏକମାତ୍ର ଶାସ୍ତା ଅଛନ୍ତି; ଦ୍ୱିତୀୟ ଶାସ୍ତା ନାହିଁ। ସେ ହୃଦୟରେ ଅବସ୍ଥିତ ହୋଇ ପୁରୁଷକୁ ଶାସନ କରନ୍ତି। ତାଙ୍କ ଆଜ୍ଞାରେ, ପ୍ରଣବପ୍ରେରିତ ଜଳ ପରି, ମୁଁ ଯେପରି ନିୟୁକ୍ତ ହୋଇଛି ସେପରି ଆଚରଣ କରେ।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context)
Scene: A yogin seated in meditation, a luminous deity enthroned within the heart-lotus; from the praṇava (ॐ) a stream of water-like energy flows, setting the world and the yogin’s actions in motion.
FAQs
It teaches the Antaryāmin doctrine: the one inner Ruler in the heart directs conduct, and the aspirant aligns actions with that command.
No site is named; the māhātmya here is inward—heart-centered divine governance as the true pilgrimage.
Implicitly, praṇava-centered orientation and disciplined obedience to the inner divine ordinance; no external ritual is specified.