Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
नमोऽस्तु ते सर्वजगद्विधात्रे सर्वत्र सर्वात्मक सर्वकर्त्रे । नमो भवायास्तु नमोऽभवाय नमोऽस्तु ते सर्वगताय नित्यम्
namo'stu te sarvajagadvidhātre sarvatra sarvātmaka sarvakartre | namo bhavāyāstu namo'bhavāya namo'stu te sarvagatāya nityam
Salutations to You, the ordainer of the whole universe—everywhere present, the Self of all, the doer of all. Salutations to Bhava, salutations to Abhava; eternal salutations to You who pervade all.
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Somnātha / Somēśvara at Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (implied) and pilgrims/hearers
Scene: A devotee (or Devī) offers namaskāra before Somnātha-liṅga; behind, the sea-coast aura of Prabhāsa, with a cosmic vision of Śiva pervading all directions, hinting at bhava/abhava as light and shadow dissolving into one radiance.
FAQs
Śiva is affirmed as both immanent and transcendent—the universal agent and the all-pervading reality.
The setting is Prabhāsa-kṣetra; the stuti supports the forthcoming Somēśvara māhātmya.
None explicitly; the devotional practice highlighted is namaskāra (salutation) and contemplation of Śiva’s all-pervasion.