Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82
ईश्वर उवाच । साधुसाधु महादेवि साधु पृष्टोऽस्मि सुवते । शृणुष्वैकमना देवि मूर्तिथं येन पूजयेत्
īśvara uvāca | sādhusādhu mahādevi sādhu pṛṣṭo'smi suvate | śṛṇuṣvaikamanā devi mūrtithaṃ yena pūjayet
ଈଶ୍ୱର କହିଲେ—ସାଧୁ ସାଧୁ, ହେ ମହାଦେବୀ! ହେ ସୁବ୍ରତେ, ତୁମେ ଉତ୍ତମ ପ୍ରଶ୍ନ କରିଛ। ହେ ଦେବୀ, ଏକାଗ୍ରମନେ ଶୁଣ—ମୂର୍ତ୍ତିସ୍ଥ ଦେବଙ୍କୁ ଯେଉଁ ବିଧିରେ ପୂଜା କରାଯାଏ।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Śaṅkara praises Devī’s question and begins instruction; Devī sits with one-pointed attention, the atmosphere solemn and pedagogical, with a ritual space prepared nearby.
FAQs
Ritual worship must be joined with mental concentration (eka-manā) and right inquiry.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where such worship-instructions form part of the site’s sacred greatness narrative.
Śiva begins to outline the pūjā-vidhi for worshipping the deity in mūrti (iconic form).