Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10
नित्यं दध्यौ महादेवं त्र्यक्षं डमरुकोद्यतम् । ततो वर्षशते पूर्ण उपरुद्धो जगद्गुरुः । आगतस्तत्समीपं तु श्लक्ष्णां वाणीमुदाहरत्
nityaṃ dadhyau mahādevaṃ tryakṣaṃ ḍamarukodyatam | tato varṣaśate pūrṇa uparuddho jagadguruḥ | āgatastatsamīpaṃ tu ślakṣṇāṃ vāṇīmudāharat
وہ نِت مہادیو کا دھیان کرتا رہا—تین آنکھوں والے، ڈمرُو بلند کیے ہوئے۔ جب سو برس پورے ہوئے تو جگت گرو کرپا سے متحرک ہو کر اس کے پاس آئے اور نرم و شیریں کلام فرمایا۔
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (narration)
Tirtha: Vindhya-Śiva-darśana-sthāna (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Frame listener not specified in excerpt
Scene: The nāga sits in unwavering meditation, visualizing three-eyed Mahādeva with raised ḍamaru; time passes (a hundred years). Then Śiva, the Jagadguru, approaches in radiant form and speaks softly, blessing the ascetic.
FAQs
Steadfast meditation over time ripens into divine encounter; perseverance in tapas draws the compassionate attention of Śiva.
Vindhya is the implied setting of the austerity; the shloka emphasizes the efficacy of the place-bound tapas leading to Śiva’s appearance.
Continuous dhyāna (meditation) upon Śiva as part of prolonged tapas is indicated.