Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40
अर्द्धांग संस्थया वापि त्वद्वक्त्रध्यानकाम्यया । तथापि ते जगन्नाथ नांतो लब्ध्वो महेश्वर
arddhāṃga saṃsthayā vāpi tvadvaktradhyānakāmyayā | tathāpi te jagannātha nāṃto labdhvo maheśvara
“纵然我安住为你半身，纵然我渴望观想你的圣颜，然而，噢 Jagannātha——噢 Maheśvara——我仍未得见你的终极边际。”
Devī (Satī/Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva (Jagannātha/Maheśvara)
Scene: Devī, as Ardhanārīśvara’s inseparable half, confesses that even from within that unity she cannot reach Śiva’s ‘end’; the image oscillates between intimate union and cosmic vastness.
FAQs
Śiva’s nature is limitless; even intimate union and constant meditation cannot circumscribe the Infinite.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the Māhātmya presents profound theology—Śiva’s ananta-tattva—through Devī’s speech.
Vaktra-dhyāna (meditation on the Lord’s face) is referenced as a devotional-yogic practice, without a detailed procedure.