Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
ततः प्रत्यक्षतां प्राप्तस्तेषां देवो महेश्वरः । ततस्ते विविधैः स्तोत्रैस्तुष्टुवुः शूलपाणिनम् । वेदोक्तमंत्रैर्विविधैः पुराणोक्तैस्तथैव च
tataḥ pratyakṣatāṃ prāptasteṣāṃ devo maheśvaraḥ | tataste vividhaiḥ stotraistuṣṭuvuḥ śūlapāṇinam | vedoktamaṃtrairvividhaiḥ purāṇoktaistathaiva ca
پھر ان کے دیوتا مہیشور ان کے سامنے پرتیَکش ہو گئے۔ تب انہوں نے شُولپانی کی طرح طرح کے ستوتر سے ستوتی کی—ویدوں میں کہے گئے گوناگوں منتروں سے اور اسی طرح پرانوں میں بیان کردہ منتروں سے بھی۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva manifests visibly before the worshippers: trident in hand, serene yet blazing, ash-white body, matted locks with Gaṅgā, crescent moon; the firelight merges with his aura as sages chant both Vedic and Purāṇic hymns.
FAQs
Sincere worship—through mantra and praise—culminates in pratyakṣa darśana (direct experience of the Divine).
Prabhāsakṣetra, depicted as a place where disciplined ritual and devotion yield immediate divine revelation.
Praise of Śiva using both Vedic mantras and Purāṇic mantras/hymns, indicating a harmonized ritual repertoire.