Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 35
विष्वक्चमूस्तार्क्ष्य रथवनमालिन्नरोत्तम । अधोक्षज क्षमाधार पद्मनाभ जलेशय
viṣvakcamūstārkṣya rathavanamālinnarottama | adhokṣaja kṣamādhāra padmanābha jaleśaya
يا ربَّ العربةِ التي يحملها غارودا، ويا من جيوشُه شاملةٌ للكون؛ يا لابسَ إكليلِ الغابة، يا الإنسانَ الأسمى—يا أدهوكشجا، يا سندَ الأرض؛ يا بادمانابها، يا من يرقدُ على المياهِ الكونية.
Vyāsa (deduced from Adhyāya context)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Ganga-sannidhi)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrim-mind being trained toward mokṣa in Kāśī
Scene: Vishnu as Padmanābha reclines on the cosmic ocean; from His navel rises the lotus; Garuḍa stands ready as chariot-bearer; the earth rests supported by divine steadiness; a pilgrim in Kāśī contemplates at the riverbank.
FAQs
The Divine is both immanent (supporting the earth) and transcendent (Adhokṣaja), worthy of worship beyond mere sensory understanding.
Kāśī is the narrative setting; the verse functions as devotional praise within Kāśī’s sacred discourse.
No explicit prescription; the passage supports contemplative praise (stuti) and remembrance of cosmic forms.