Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
वक्त्रनेत्रविकारोऽयं किमस्य व्रतधारिणः । ईदृक्कामसमायुक्तस्ततो ध्यानस्थितो मुनिः
vaktranetravikāro'yaṃ kimasya vratadhāriṇaḥ | īdṛkkāmasamāyuktastato dhyānasthito muniḥ
“اس نذر و ریاضت کے پابند مُنی کے چہرے اور آنکھوں میں یہ تبدیلی کیوں ہے؟ یہ تو خواہش سے بھر گیا ہے”—یوں سوچ کر وہ مُنی دھیان کی حالت میں داخل ہو گیا۔
Purāṇic narrator (reporting Nārada’s inner reflection)
Scene: A vow-observing sage notices unsettling changes in another’s face and eyes; he withdraws into seated meditation, aura tightening as inner sight awakens.
FAQs
When appearances confuse, the Purāṇic ideal response is contemplative inquiry—turning to dhyāna for clarity.
The Arbuda setting remains the narrative locus; the sanctity is implicit through divine and sage activity rather than explicit tīrtha naming in this verse.
Dhyāna (meditation) is shown as the method to investigate subtle truth.