Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 91
यः साक्षी सर्वभूतानां य आत्मस्थो निरंजनः । यस्येच्छावशगो लोकः सोऽस्माभिः पूज्यते शिवः
yaḥ sākṣī sarvabhūtānāṃ ya ātmastho niraṃjanaḥ | yasyecchāvaśago lokaḥ so'smābhiḥ pūjyate śivaḥ
സകലഭൂതങ്ങളുടെയും സാക്ഷി, ആത്മസ്ഥനും നിർമലനും ആയവൻ; അവന്റെ ഇച്ഛാവശം ലോകം നടക്കുന്നു—ആ ശിവനെയാണു ഞങ്ങൾ പൂജിക്കുന്നത്.
Nāga-stuti (likely Takṣaka and/or the Nāgas, within Sūta’s narration)
Scene: A serene, formless Śiva suggested through a luminous liṅga or subtle halo, with sages offering worship; the cosmos appears as if moved by His mere will, while Śiva remains stainless and inwardly present.
FAQs
Śiva is the inner witness and pure Self; devotion aligns one with the highest, unstained reality beyond worldly change.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a universal Śiva-stuti within the Brahmottarakhaṇḍa narrative.
Worship (pūjā) of Śiva is implied as the devotional act, though no specific rite (snāna/dāna/japa) is detailed here.