Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 102
यं स्तौति वेदस्तमहं प्रपद्ये तत्पुरुषसंज्ञं शरणं द्वितीयम् । त्वां विद्महे तच् नस्त्वं प्रदेहि श्रीरुद्र देवेश नमोनमस्ते
yaṃ stauti vedastamahaṃ prapadye tatpuruṣasaṃjñaṃ śaraṇaṃ dvitīyam | tvāṃ vidmahe tac nastvaṃ pradehi śrīrudra deveśa namonamaste
ವೇದಗಳು ಸ್ತುತಿಸುವ ಆ ಪರಮೇಶ್ವರನನ್ನೇ ನಾನು ಶರಣಾಗುತ್ತೇನೆ—‘ತತ್ಪುರುಷ’ ಎಂಬ ಹೆಸರಿನ ಎರಡನೇ ಶರಣ. ನಾವು ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ತಿಳಿದಿದ್ದೇವೆ; ಆ ಅನುಗ್ರಹವನ್ನೇ ನಮಗೆ ದಯಪಾಲಿಸು. ಶ್ರೀರುದ್ರ ದೇವೇಶ್ವರಾ, ನಿನಗೆ ಪುನಃಪುನಃ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ.
A dvija devotee (as implied by the immediate narrative context)
Scene: A devotee with folded hands stands before a radiant four/five-faced Śiva, the Tatpuruṣa aspect emphasized; Vedic seers and subtle Veda-mantras appear as luminous script around the deity.
FAQs
True refuge is Śiva as revealed by the Veda; knowledge must mature into prayer for anugraha (divine grace).
No site is directly named; the verse is a face-aspect (Tatpuruṣa) praise within the chapter’s sacred narrative.
An implied upāsanā: taking refuge (prapatti) and repeated salutations (namas), akin to mantra-style devotion.