Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
सर्वगः सर्वकर्ता च त्वं हर्ता नान्य एव हि । त्वं भूमिस्त्वं रजश्चैव त्वं ज्योतिस्त्वं तमस्तथा
sarvagaḥ sarvakartā ca tvaṃ hartā nānya eva hi | tvaṃ bhūmistvaṃ rajaścaiva tvaṃ jyotistvaṃ tamastathā
आप सर्वव्यापी हैं, आप ही सबके कर्ता हैं; आप ही संहारक हैं—आपके सिवा कोई नहीं। आप पृथ्वी हैं, आप रजोगुण हैं; आप ज्योति हैं और आप ही तम भी हैं॥
Andhaka
Scene: A cosmic Śiva figure dissolving into the pañca-bhūtas and guṇas: lower portion becomes earth, mid becomes shimmering rajas (golden motion), upper becomes light; one side shaded as darkness—yet all within one aura, indicating unity of opposites.
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The Lord is immanent in all opposites—light and darkness, activity and inertia—so devotion sees the One Reality pervading the whole world.
No single site is specified in this verse; it provides the theological foundation for why a tīrtha is sacred—because the Lord pervades the elements and principles present there.
No explicit prescription is stated.
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