Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 71
स आदिः सर्वजगतां कोस्य वेदान्वयं ततः । सर्वं जगद्यस्य रूपं दिग्वासाः कीर्त्यते ततः
sa ādiḥ sarvajagatāṃ kosya vedānvayaṃ tataḥ | sarvaṃ jagadyasya rūpaṃ digvāsāḥ kīrtyate tataḥ
तो सर्व जगतांचा आदिकारण आहे—मग त्याचा ‘वैदिक वंश’ कुठून असणार? कारण हे सर्व जगत् त्याचेच रूप आहे, म्हणून तो ‘दिगंबर’ म्हणून कीर्तित आहे.
Pārvatī (Devī)
Listener: Brāhmaṇa (bhāṣiṣṭha)
Scene: Cosmic Śiva whose body contains galaxies, rivers, mountains; the directions themselves form his garment—space as his robe—while a teacher explains to a brāhmaṇa.
FAQs
The Supreme transcends social and textual categories; the cosmos itself is His body, so ascetic nakedness signifies all-pervasiveness.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse presents universal Shaiva theology rather than local māhātmya.
None; it is doctrinal praise explaining Śiva’s epithet Digambara.