Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 11
इदं चराचरं विश्वं यो बभार स्वलीलया । भृत्यास्वरूपसंपत्त्या सोऽत्र विश्वंभरोऽखिलम्
idaṃ carācaraṃ viśvaṃ yo babhāra svalīlayā | bhṛtyāsvarūpasaṃpattyā so'tra viśvaṃbharo'khilam
ಸ್ವಲೀಲೆಯಿಂದ ಈ ಚರಾಚರ ವಿಶ್ವವನ್ನು ಧರಿಸಿ, ದಾಸ್ಯಭಾವಸಂಪತ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಸಮಸ್ತವನ್ನು ಪೋಷಿಸುವವನು—ಅವನೇ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಅಖಿಲಾಧಾರ ‘ವಿಶ್ವಂಭರ’ ಎಂದು ಸ್ತುತಿಸಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತಾನೆ।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmic vision: the Lord as Viśvambhara holding the universe—stars, rivers, mountains, beings—yet appearing gentle and approachable, as if serving creation with care; Kāśī’s ghāṭs faintly visible as the earthly locus of praise.
FAQs
The cosmos is upheld by the Lord’s sustaining power and compassionate guardianship; recognizing Him as Viśvambhara nurtures trust.
The verse is part of Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī setting, where divine names are extolled as liberating and merit-bestowing.
None directly; the devotional act implied is praise and repetition of the name “Viśvambhara.”