Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92
पतिश्च तादृक्सर्वज्ञो लोकचक्षुस्तमोपहः । सर्वेषां कर्मणां साक्षी सर्वः सर्वत्रसंचरः
patiśca tādṛksarvajño lokacakṣustamopahaḥ | sarveṣāṃ karmaṇāṃ sākṣī sarvaḥ sarvatrasaṃcaraḥ
ആ പ്രഭു അത്തരത്തിലുള്ളവൻ—സർവ്വജ്ഞൻ, ലോകങ്ങളുടെ നേത്രം, തമസ്സിനെ അകറ്റുന്നവൻ; എല്ലാവരുടെയും കര്മ്മങ്ങൾക്ക് സാക്ഷി, സർവ്വവ്യാപി, സർവ്വത്ര സഞ്ചരിക്കുന്നവൻ।
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (frame)
Scene: A contemplative hymn-like tableau: the Lord as cosmic eye, radiating light that dissolves darkness; devotees in Kāśī stand near ghāṭs with lamps, while a subtle ‘all-seeing’ presence pervades sky and river.
FAQs
The Lord is omniscient and omnipresent, witnessing all karma; remembering this inspires dharma and inner purity.
The verse is within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework, supporting Kāśī’s Mahātmya by emphasizing the Lord’s all-pervading presence, though no single tirtha is named in this line.
None explicitly; it is a doctrinal statement about the divine witness and remover of ignorance.