Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 51
तं त्वां दुरापं वचसो धियाश्च व्यपेतमोहं परमात्मरूपम् । गुणैकनिष्ठाः प्रकृतौ विलीनाः कथं वपुः स्तोतुमलंगिरो मे
taṃ tvāṃ durāpaṃ vacaso dhiyāśca vyapetamohaṃ paramātmarūpam | guṇaikaniṣṭhāḥ prakṛtau vilīnāḥ kathaṃ vapuḥ stotumalaṃgiro me
You are hard to reach by speech and even by thought—free from delusion, bearing the form of the Supreme Self. Yet my words are absorbed in nature’s guṇas and fixed upon them; how can my speech be sufficient to praise your form?
Rājā (the King)
Scene: A devotee with folded hands, head bowed, words depicted as fading letters dissolving into a vast formless radiance labeled ‘Paramātman’; guṇa-threads (three colored strands) bind the tongue/pen.
FAQs
Humility in devotion: the Supreme exceeds speech and intellect; recognizing one’s limitations becomes part of true praise.
No tīrtha is referenced; the focus is theological—Śiva as Paramātman beyond guṇas.
None; it is a confession of limitation and a devotional stance of humility.