Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
संसारे विबुधश्रेष्ठ जगत्स्थावरजंगमम् । न तदस्ति त्रिलोकेऽस्मिन्सुसूक्ष्ममपि शंकर । यत्त्वया न प्रभो व्याप्तं सृष्टिसंहारकारणात्
saṃsāre vibudhaśreṣṭha jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam | na tadasti triloke'sminsusūkṣmamapi śaṃkara | yattvayā na prabho vyāptaṃ sṛṣṭisaṃhārakāraṇāt
O best among the gods, O Śaṅkara: in this world—among all that is moving and unmoving—there is nothing anywhere in the three worlds, not even the subtlest thing, that is not pervaded by you, O Lord, for you are the cause of creation and dissolution.
Devas
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣi/king frame typical of khaṇḍas)
Scene: A devotee’s stuti to Śaṅkara: the cosmos of moving and unmoving beings shown as translucent forms within Śiva’s all-pervading presence.
FAQs
Seeing everything as pervaded by Śiva transforms perception: the Lord is not confined to a shrine but is the causal ground of creation and dissolution.
Implicitly the Arbuda region’s Liṅga-site is elevated by declaring the same Śiva to be universally present, making the local shrine a gateway to the cosmic Lord.
None stated; the verse teaches a contemplative theology (sarvavyāpitva) supportive of japa, dhyāna, and pūjā.