Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 31
अतंद्रितमनोबुद्धींद्रिया यं सनकादयः । ध्यायंतोपि हृदाकाशे न विंदंति यथार्थतः
ataṃdritamanobuddhīṃdriyā yaṃ sanakādayaḥ | dhyāyaṃtopi hṛdākāśe na viṃdaṃti yathārthataḥ
Ngay cả các bậc Sanaka—tâm, trí và các căn luôn tỉnh giác—dẫu quán niệm Ngài trong “bầu trời nội tâm” của trái tim, vẫn không thể thấu đạt Ngài đúng như chân tướng.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Sanaka sages seated in deep meditation, eyes half-closed, focusing on a luminous ‘inner sky’ within the heart; the deity remains an ungraspable radiance beyond form, suggesting transcendence rather than a fixed icon.
FAQs
The Supreme is ultimately beyond full conceptual grasp; even exalted sages cannot exhaust His reality through meditation alone.
The verse appears within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s devotional-theological frame, supporting Kāśī-māhātmya by exalting the Lord worshipped in Kāśī rather than naming a single tirtha in this line.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it establishes the transcendence of the Lord as a basis for devotion and practice.