Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 47
धारणास्थस्य यद्ध्येयं तस्य त्वं शृणु लक्षणम् । ध्येयं बहुविधं पार्थ यस्यांतो नोपलभ्यते
dhāraṇāsthasya yaddhyeyaṃ tasya tvaṃ śṛṇu lakṣaṇam | dhyeyaṃ bahuvidhaṃ pārtha yasyāṃto nopalabhyate
دھارنا میں قائم رہنے والے کے لیے جو دھیان کے لائق ہے، اس کی علامت مجھ سے سنو۔ اے پارتھ! دھیان کا موضوع بہت طرح کا ہے، اور اس کی انتہا پوری طرح معلوم نہیں ہو سکتی۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative style)
Listener: Pārtha
Scene: Teacher addressing a disciple (‘Pārtha’), gesturing toward a vast sky-like expanse filled with multiple divine symbols, indicating that the dhyeya can be many yet ultimately boundless.
FAQs
Meditation requires a clearly understood dhyeya, yet the supreme object is ultimately boundless and not fully circumscribed by thought.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is yogic definition rather than sthala-māhātmya.
No external rite is prescribed; the instruction concerns inner discipline—defining the dhyeya for dhāraṇā.