Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 191
यस्मिन्निदं यतश्चेदं तिष्ठत्यपैति जायते । मृन्मयेष्विव मृज्जातिस्तस्मै ते ब्रह्मणे नमः
yasminnidaṃ yataścedaṃ tiṣṭhatyapaiti jāyate | mṛnmayeṣviva mṛjjātistasmai te brahmaṇe namaḥ
Di dalam Dia alam semesta ini ada; dari-Nya ia muncul; oleh-Nya ia bertahan; ke dalam-Nya ia kembali lenyap; dan dari-Nya ia lahir lagi—sebagaimana segala benda tanah liat hakikatnya hanyalah tanah liat—sembah sujud kepada Brahman itu, kepada-Mu.
Aitareya
Scene: A sage/devotee offers añjali to an all-pervading, formless radiance; the universe (creation, maintenance, dissolution) appears as cycles within that luminous Brahman, with clay-pot imagery subtly shown (pots returning to clay).
FAQs
All cosmic change rests on one reality, as many forms of clay are still clay—teaching unity behind diversity and devotion to Brahman.
No site is mentioned; the verse is a universal cosmological declaration.
None; it is doctrinal praise (stuti) affirming the Lord as cause and ground of all.