Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37
तस्य तत्त्वस्वरूपस्य रूपातीतस्य भो द्विज । परावरे रुद्ररूपे सर्वेव्याप्यावतिष्ठत
tasya tattvasvarūpasya rūpātītasya bho dvija | parāvare rudrarūpe sarvevyāpyāvatiṣṭhata
يا أيها البرهمن، إن الذي حقيقته مبدأُ الواقع، والمتعالي عن كل صورة؛ قائمٌ في العلو والسفل بهيئة رودرا، يَسري في كل شيء ويثبت في كل مكان.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija (brāhmaṇa)
Scene: A teaching scene: a sage addresses a dvija, pointing to the cosmos where Rudra’s presence is shown simultaneously in celestial and earthly planes; Śiva appears as a subtle, formless radiance overlaying all forms.
FAQs
Śiva-Rudra is the all-pervading Reality itself—beyond form, yet present in every realm and being.
Kāśī is the textual setting; the verse emphasizes metaphysical pervasion rather than a named location inside Kāśī.
None; it is a doctrinal clarification meant to deepen understanding and contemplation.