Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
नम आद्याय बीजाय आर्षेयाय प्रवर्त्तिने । अनंतराय चैकाय अव्यक्ताय नमोनमः
nama ādyāya bījāya ārṣeyāya pravarttine | anaṃtarāya caikāya avyaktāya namonamaḥ
Hommage au Primordial, à la Semence de tout, au Seigneur semblable au ṛṣi qui met l’univers en mouvement ; hommage, encore et encore, à l’Infini, à l’Unique, à l’Inmanifesté.
Ṛṣis (sages)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Maheśvara
Scene: The hymn continues: sages salute Śiva as the primordial seed and the unmanifest one; behind Śiva’s form, a cosmic backdrop shows a subtle ‘seed’ point expanding into worlds, yet returning to a calm unmanifest field.
FAQs
The Lord is simultaneously the initiating cause and the transcendent, unmanifest One—inviting reverence beyond sectarian limits.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where such hymns are framed as a response to divine manifestation.
Devotional recitation (stotra) characterized by repeated salutations and contemplative divine epithets.