Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
योऽसौ प्राणः शरीरस्थो देहिनां देहसंचरः । ब्रह्मांडमेतद्यस्यांतरेको यश्चाप्यनेकधा
yo'sau prāṇaḥ śarīrastho dehināṃ dehasaṃcaraḥ | brahmāṃḍametadyasyāṃtareko yaścāpyanekadhā
ದೇಹದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿತನಾಗಿ ದೇಹಧಾರಿಗಳ ದೇಹಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಚರಿಸುವ ಆ ಪ್ರಾಣವೇ; ಅವನ ಅಂತರದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಂಡ-ಅಂಡ ಸ್ಥಿತವಾಗಿದೆ—ಅವನು ಒಬ್ಬನೇ ಆದರೂ ಅನೇಕರೂಪವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಕಾಶಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ।
Śiva (Someśvara/Kālāgnirudra) to Devī (Deveśī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A yogic vision: within the subtle prāṇa in a human body, the entire brahmāṇḍa appears—stars, worlds, and beings—while a single luminous presence pervades all forms.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s Lord is not only a shrine-deity but the immanent life-force—one reality appearing as many.
The ongoing context is Prabhāsa kṣetra and Śrī Someśvara, now described in a more universal, inner (prāṇa) register.
No explicit ritual; the verse shifts toward contemplative understanding of the divine as prāṇa and cosmos.
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