Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57
३३ स्तुत्यो वेदमयो वेदात्मा वेदवित्तमः । वेदवेद्यो वेदयानो वेदरूपो गुणाकरः
33 stutyo vedamayo vedātmā vedavittamaḥ | vedavedyo vedayāno vedarūpo guṇākaraḥ
മുപ്പത്തിമൂന്ന് ദേവന്മാർ സ്തുതിക്കുന്നവൻ, വേദമയൻ, വേദാത്മാവ്, വേദവിദ്യയിൽ പരമോന്നതൻ; വേദത്തിൽ അറിയപ്പെടുന്നവൻ, വേദം വഹിക്കുന്നവൻ, വേദരൂപൻ, ഗുണാകരം।
Ṛṣis (continuing stuti context)
Scene: A circle of the thirty-three gods offers praise; the deity is visualized as radiant, with subtle Vedic symbolism—palm-leaf manuscripts, ṛk/yajus/sāman motifs, and a halo inscribed with mantra-like patterns.
FAQs
The praised divinity is established as Veda-grounded and Veda-revealed, making scriptural dharma the backbone of devotion.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a theological praise within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.
None directly; it emphasizes Vedic legitimacy and praise (stuti) rather than a specific rite.