Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
लौकिकी वैदिकी चापि भवेदाध्यात्मिकी तथा । ध्यानधारणया या तु वेदानां स्मरणेन च । ब्रह्मप्रीतिकरी चैषा मानसी भक्तिरुच्यते
laukikī vaidikī cāpi bhavedādhyātmikī tathā | dhyānadhāraṇayā yā tu vedānāṃ smaraṇena ca | brahmaprītikarī caiṣā mānasī bhaktirucyate
A devoção pode ser mundana, védica e também espiritual. Aquela que se pratica por meditação e firme concentração, e pela lembrança dos Vedas—que deleita Brahman—é chamada devoção mental (mānasī bhakti).
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra (context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A contemplative devotee seated near a sacred precinct, eyes half-closed, holding steady concentration while a faint Vedic chant ribbon is visualized; Brahman as a gentle child-form radiance in the heart-lotus.
FAQs
Inner worship—meditation, concentration, and Vedic remembrance—constitutes mānasī bhakti that pleases the Supreme.
The setting is the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, though this verse primarily defines inner devotion rather than naming a single shrine.
Practice dhyāna (meditation), dhāraṇā (steady holding of awareness), and smaraṇa (remembrance) of the Vedas as a form of devotion.