Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 31
नानारूपोप्यरूपो यः सर्वगोपि न गोचरः । अनंतोप्यंतक वपुः सर्ववित्कर्मवर्जितः
nānārūpopyarūpo yaḥ sarvagopi na gocaraḥ | anaṃtopyaṃtaka vapuḥ sarvavitkarmavarjitaḥ
Er, der, obgleich in vielen Gestalten erscheinend, in Wahrheit gestaltlos ist; obgleich allgegenwärtig, kein Gegenstand der Sinne; obgleich unendlich, die Gestalt des Vollenders annimmt; allwissend und doch frei von Handeln—so ist der Herr.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A contemplative vision of the Supreme Śiva: simultaneously dissolving into formless radiance and emerging in subtle outlines, suggesting all-pervasion and transcendence; a pilgrim-sage in Kāśī meditates on the ineffable Lord.
FAQs
Śiva is simultaneously beyond form and yet compassionately approachable; He is omniscient and all-pervading, but never bound by karma.
The teaching belongs to the Kāśī Khaṇḍa framework, where Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is upheld as the supreme setting for realizing Śiva’s transcendence.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse is primarily a theological description of Śiva-tattva.