Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
अनादिसृष्टिकर्त्रे च नमः सर्वगताय च । सर्वस्थाय नमस्तुभ्यं धाम्नां धाम्ने नमोऽस्तु ते
anādisṛṣṭikartre ca namaḥ sarvagatāya ca | sarvasthāya namastubhyaṃ dhāmnāṃ dhāmne namo'stu te
Salutation to you, the beginningless creator of creation; salutation to you who pervade all. Salutation to you who abide in all things; salutation to you, the very abode of all abodes.
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devī continues the hymn, emphasizing Śiva’s cosmic pervasion—visualized as Śiva’s presence radiating through the elements, directions, and all beings, while still centered as Candraśekhara in the sanctum.
FAQs
The Supreme (Śiva) is both transcendent and immanent—creator, all-pervading, and present in every being and every sacred seat.
The verse supports the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya by praising Śiva as the source and sanctuary of all dhāmas, implying Prabhāsa’s sanctity within that divine order.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it is a devotional stuti (praise) establishing the theological basis for later tīrtha-glorification.