Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 53
मंकण उवाच । नूनं भवान्महादेवः साक्षाद्दृष्टः प्रसीद मे । निश्चितं त्वं मया ज्ञात एतन्मे हृदि वर्तते
maṃkaṇa uvāca | nūnaṃ bhavānmahādevaḥ sākṣāddṛṣṭaḥ prasīda me | niścitaṃ tvaṃ mayā jñāta etanme hṛdi vartate
مَنگَڻ نے کہا: “یقیناً آپ خود مہادیو ہیں، میں نے آپ کو براہِ راست دیکھا—مجھ پر کرم فرمائیے۔ میں نے آپ کو بے شک پہچان لیا ہے؛ یہ یقین میرے دل میں قائم ہے۔”
Maṃkaṇa
Tirtha: Arbuda
Type: kshetra
Scene: Maṃkaṇa, kneeling, addresses Śiva: ‘You are surely Mahādeva; be gracious to me; I have recognized you—this certainty abides in my heart.’
FAQs
When divine truth is recognized, the right response is seeking grace (prasāda) with humility rather than clinging to ego-born attainments.
The Arbuda region is implicitly glorified as a locale where Mahādeva becomes directly perceptible to devotees.
No specific ritual is stated; the verse models devotional supplication and inner certainty (niścaya) in God.