Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 23
तत्रैक्षत महादेवः स्वरूपं स जगन्मयम् । ततो बद्धांजलिर्धीमान्स्थाणुं प्रोवाच केशवः
tatraikṣata mahādevaḥ svarūpaṃ sa jaganmayam | tato baddhāṃjalirdhīmānsthāṇuṃ provāca keśavaḥ
ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಮಹಾದೇವನು ತನ್ನದೇ ಜಗನ್ಮಯ ಸ್ವರೂಪವನ್ನು ದರ್ಶಿಸಿದನು. ಅನಂತರ ಧೀಮಂತನಾದ ಕೇಶವನು ಕರಜೋಡಿಸಿ ಸ್ಥಾಣು (ಅಚಲ ಪ್ರಭು)ವನ್ನು ಉದ್ದೇಶಿಸಿ ಮಾತಾಡಿದನು.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating; direct speech begins next with Keśava
Scene: Mahādeva beholds his own universe-pervading form; Keśava stands before Sthāṇu with folded hands, poised to speak—an intimate moment of divine-to-divine reverence within a cosmic aura.
FAQs
The Supreme is jagan-maya—immanent in all; even Keśava honors Śiva, teaching reverence beyond sectarian pride.
No specific tīrtha is named; the ‘site’ is a cosmic vision mediated by the oceans.
No formal prescription; it depicts stuti with añjali (joined palms) as devotional conduct.