Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 193
देहेंद्रियप्राणमनोधियोऽमी यदंशब्द्धाः प्रचरंति कर्मसु । नैवान्यदालोहमिव प्रतप्तं स्थानेषु तद्दृष्टपदेन एते
deheṃdriyaprāṇamanodhiyo'mī yadaṃśabddhāḥ pracaraṃti karmasu | naivānyadālohamiva prataptaṃ sthāneṣu taddṛṣṭapadena ete
Diese—Körper, Sinne, Lebenshauche, Geist und Verstand—bewegen sich im Handeln nur, weil sie an einen Anteil von Ihm gebunden sind. Ohne das sind sie nichts—wie Eisen, das nur brennt, wenn es glühend rot ist. So wirken sie an ihren jeweiligen Orten durch die Kraft Seiner Gegenwart.
Aitareya
Scene: A symbolic tableau: a human figure with subtle radiant thread connecting heart to a cosmic presence; nearby, an iron rod glows red-hot in fire, illustrating inert matter empowered by contact.
FAQs
All faculties act only through the indwelling divine power; recognizing this turns action into humility and God-centered dharma.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse explains divine immanence behind embodied action.
None explicitly; it implies offering agency to God (kartṛtva-tyāga) as a spiritual discipline.