Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14
ऊर्ध्वं न तिर्यङ्नाधस्ताद्यदान्तस्तस्य दृश्यते । तमनन्तमनादिं च ततस्तास्तुष्टुवुः प्रभुम्
ūrdhvaṃ na tiryaṅnādhastādyadāntastasya dṛśyate | tamanantamanādiṃ ca tatastāstuṣṭuvuḥ prabhum
മേലും അല്ല, തിരശ്ചീനവും അല്ല, താഴെയും അല്ല—എവിടെയും അവന്റെ അന്ത്യമില്ലെന്ന് കണ്ടപ്പോൾ, അവർ ആ അനന്തനും അനാദിയുമായ പ്രഭുവിനെ സ്തുതിച്ചു।
Narrative voice (introducing the Apsarases’ praise)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha sphere (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A divine presence without visible boundary; devotees looking upward, sideways, and downward in vain, then folding hands in unified praise before an ungraspable radiance.
FAQs
God’s reality transcends spatial limits; recognizing this leads naturally to praise and devotion.
Not specified in this verse; it is theological praise within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting.
None; the response is stuti (praise) arising from realization.