Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4
नमो जगत्प्रसूत्यै ते हेतवे पालकाय च । संहर्त्रे च नमस्तुभ्यं तिस्रोऽवस्थास्तव प्रभो
namo jagatprasūtyai te hetave pālakāya ca | saṃhartre ca namastubhyaṃ tisro'vasthāstava prabho
जगाच्या उत्पत्तीच्या कारणरूप तुला नमस्कार, पालनकर्त्या रूपालाही नमस्कार; संहारकर्त्या रूपालाही प्रणाम. हे प्रभो, या तिन्ही अवस्था तुझ्याच आहेत.
Devas (collective stuti)
Scene: A formal stotra tableau: devas in añjali-mudrā, the addressed Lord/creator principle enthroned; symbolic triad motifs (three flames/three circles) indicating creation-preservation-dissolution emanating from one source.
FAQs
The divine is honored as the single ground of the cosmos—manifesting as creation, protection, and dissolution.
None; it is a theological praise focusing on cosmic functions.
No explicit ritual; the verse exemplifies stuti and namaskāra as devotional practice.