Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 50
हरभक्तस्य लोकस्य त्रिलोक्यां नास्ति दुर्लभम् । बहिःप्रवृत्तिं सगृह्य ज्ञानकर्मेन्द्रियादि च
harabhaktasya lokasya trilokyāṃ nāsti durlabham | bahiḥpravṛttiṃ sagṛhya jñānakarmendriyādi ca
हरभक्तस्य जनस्य त्रिलोक्यां नास्ति दुर्लभम्। तथापि बहिःप्रवृत्तिं गृहीत्वा ज्ञानकर्मेन्द्रियादीनां यथास्थानं बोधनीयम्।
Narrator/teacher
Listener: Hara-bhakta audience; king implied from prior verse
Scene: A Śaiva teacher addresses devotees: on one side, symbols of ‘triloka-siddhi’ (heavenly, earthly, nether realms); on the other, a disciplined householder restrains senses—hands withdrawing from temptations while holding a rudrākṣa mālā.
FAQs
Śiva-devotion grants extraordinary attainments, but spiritual maturity requires right handling of outward action and the senses.
No holy site is specified; the verse is a general praise of Hara-bhakti.
No specific rite is listed; it points to disciplined engagement with action and the sense-faculties within a devotional life.