Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 43
शबर्युवाच । पुष्पाणि संतु तव देव ममेंद्रियाणि धूपोऽगुरुर्वपुरिदं हृदयं प्रदीपः । प्राणा हवींषि करणानि तवाक्षताश्च पूजाफलं व्रजतु सांप्रतमेष जीवः
śabaryuvāca | puṣpāṇi saṃtu tava deva mameṃdriyāṇi dhūpo'gururvapuridaṃ hṛdayaṃ pradīpaḥ | prāṇā havīṃṣi karaṇāni tavākṣatāśca pūjāphalaṃ vrajatu sāṃpratameṣa jīvaḥ
Sinabi ni Śabarī: “O Diyos, nawa’y ang aking mga pandama ang maging Iyong mga bulaklak; nawa’y ang katawang ito ang maging mabangong insenso; nawa’y ang aking puso ang maging ilawan. Nawa’y ang aking mga hininga ang maging handog sa apoy, at ang aking mga kakayahan ang maging mga butil na buo. Ngayon, nawa’y ang kaluluwang ito’y lumisan bilang bunga ng pagsamba.”
Śabarī
Tirtha: Mānasa-pūjā-kṣetra (inner worship-field)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śabarī, hands folded, speaks a luminous inner-pūjā hymn: flowers become her senses, incense her body, lamp her heart; subtle icons of these offerings appear as symbolic overlays around her, while Śiva’s presence is felt beyond the flames.
FAQs
The highest worship is inner self-offering—transforming senses, mind, and prāṇa into sacred articles of pūjā for Śiva.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse glorifies the inner sanctuary of the heart where Sadāśiva is worshipped.
It teaches a symbolic ‘mānasa-pūjā’: flowers (senses), incense (body), lamp (heart), oblations (prāṇa), and akṣata (faculties).