Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा महादेवो जगाद ताम् । शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि मम भक्तविचेष्टितम्
tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā mahādevo jagāda tām | śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi mama bhaktaviceṣṭitam
ครั้นได้ฟังถ้อยคำนั้น พระมหาเทวะจึงตรัสแก่นางว่า “ฟังเถิด โอ้เทวี เราจักกล่าวถึงการกระทำและจริยาวัตรของภักตะของเรา”
Śiva (Mahādeva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Mahādeva turns toward Devī with a calm, instructive expression, raising a hand in teaching gesture; Devī listens attentively, signaling the start of a didactic revelation about devotees’ ways.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma is often taught through exemplary lives of devotees, making practice visible and imitable.
The narrative belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, where devotees’ practices are tied to the place’s sanctity.
No direct prescription; it introduces an instructional narrative about devotees’ observances.