Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
स्तुवंति विविधैः स्तोत्रैर्मन्यमाना महेश्वरम् । ज्ञात्वा ध्यानेन देवस्य त्रिनेत्रत्वमुपागताः
stuvaṃti vividhaiḥ stotrairmanyamānā maheśvaram | jñātvā dhyānena devasya trinetratvamupāgatāḥ
اس حالت کو مہیشور کی کرپا سمجھ کر انہوں نے طرح طرح کے ستوتر سے اس کی ستائش کی؛ اور دیو کے دھیان کے ذریعے جان لیا کہ وہ تری نیتریت کو پہنچ چکے ہیں۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this excerpt)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages
Scene: The sages rise from meditation into collective hymn-singing, hands folded; their faces show gratitude and awe as the third-eye sign glows subtly.
FAQs
Dhyāna and stotra together mature devotion—inner realization expresses itself as praise and recognition of Śiva’s grace.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Saṅgāleśvara context), where hymns and meditation are said to bear exceptional fruit.
Stotra-pāṭha (recitation of hymns) and dhyāna (meditation) upon Śiva.