Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26
त्र्यंबकाय च भीमाय पिनाकवरपाणये । त्वयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव
tryaṃbakāya ca bhīmāya pinākavarapāṇaye | tvayi sarvamidaṃ protaṃ sūtre maṇigaṇā iva
ત્ર્યંબક, ભીમ, પિનાક ધારણ કરનાર શ્રેષ્ઠહસ્ત—તમને નમસ્કાર. જેમ સૂત્રમાં મણિગણ ગૂંથાયેલા હોય, તેમ આ સર્વ તમામાં પ્રોત છે।
Devas
Tirtha: Arbuda—Tryambaka/Pinākī liṅga-sthāna (as implied by stuti)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A vision of Shiva implied behind the liṅga: three-eyed Tryambaka, awe-inspiring Bhīma, holding the Pināka bow; the cosmos appears as jeweled garlands strung upon a single luminous thread emanating from him.
FAQs
The universe is sustained by the Lord as an inner ‘thread’; devotion recognizes both his awe-inspiring power (bhīma) and his sustaining immanence.
The stuti belongs to the Arbuda sacred account centered on the Liṅga at Vālakhilyāśrama.
No direct prescription; the verse functions as a mantra-like praise highlighting Śiva’s form and cosmic support.