Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46
ओषधीनां यथा सस्यं नगानां हेमपर्वतः । तथा त्वं सर्वदेवानामाधिपत्ये व्यवस्थितः
oṣadhīnāṃ yathā sasyaṃ nagānāṃ hemaparvataḥ | tathā tvaṃ sarvadevānāmādhipatye vyavasthitaḥ
যেমন ঔষধিদের মধ্যে শস্য শ্রেষ্ঠ, আর পর্বতদের মধ্যে স্বর্ণপর্বত, তেমনই আপনি সকল দেবতার উপর অধিপত্যে প্রতিষ্ঠিত।
Devāḥ (the gods)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva (sarvadevādhīśa)
Scene: A courtly stuti scene: devas or sages praising the bull-bannered Lord, with emblematic comparisons (grain among herbs; golden mountain among mountains) visualized as symbolic vignettes around the central deity.
FAQs
The hymn uses ‘best-in-class’ analogies to affirm Śiva’s unmatched supremacy, preparing the listener for teachings on tīrtha merit and purification.
Not identified in this verse; it remains part of the introductory stuti within the Tīrthamāhātmya flow.
None; the verse is purely laudatory.