Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7
निष्कलं शिवमत्यंतं ध्यायंत्यात्मन्यवस्थितम् । वियोगदुःखं कञ्चित्त्वं न स्मरिष्यसि पार्वति
niṣkalaṃ śivamatyaṃtaṃ dhyāyaṃtyātmanyavasthitam | viyogaduḥkhaṃ kañcittvaṃ na smariṣyasi pārvati
โอ้ปารวตี เมื่อเธอเพ่งฌานพระศิวะผู้เหนือยิ่ง—ผู้ไร้ส่วนแบ่งและสถิตอยู่ในอาตมันของตน—เธอจักไม่ระลึกถึงทุกข์แห่งการพรากอีกต่อไป และไม่รู้สึกขาดแม้เพียงน้อยนิด
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating; the verse is Śiva’s instruction to Pārvatī in-context
Tirtha: Aruṇācala
Type: peak
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: Pārvatī in deep meditation, eyes half-closed, with a subtle inner radiance showing Śiva seated in the heart-lotus; Arunāchala looms quietly behind, suggesting the stillness of the Self; the atmosphere is free of drama, filled with calm light.
FAQs
Meditation on formless, supreme Śiva within the Self dissolves sorrow and the feeling of incompleteness.
The teaching belongs to the Aruṇācala Māhātmya, celebrating Arunachala as the locus of Śiva’s supreme presence.
The prescription is inner practice: dhyāna (meditation) on Śiva established in the Self.