Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 96
ज्ञानात्सर्वमनुप्राप्तं भूतसाम्यं निरंतरम् । सर्वभूतात्मकं ज्ञात्वा केवलं च सदा शिवम् । विना शिवेन यत्किंचिन्नास्ति वस्त्वत्र न क्वचित्
jñānātsarvamanuprāptaṃ bhūtasāmyaṃ niraṃtaram | sarvabhūtātmakaṃ jñātvā kevalaṃ ca sadā śivam | vinā śivena yatkiṃcinnāsti vastvatra na kvacit
त्या ज्ञानातून सर्व काही प्राप्त झाले—सर्व प्राण्यांप्रती अखंड समता. सर्वभूतांचा आत्मा केवळ नित्य शिवच आहे असे जाणून, शिवावाचून येथे कुठेही काहीच नाही हे त्याने ओळखले.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Inquirer within Kedāra-khaṇḍa frame (unspecified)
Scene: A meditative king seated in stillness, inner vision expanding to perceive Śiva in all beings—humans, animals, trees—bathed in a single luminous presence.
FAQs
Highest knowledge reveals Śiva as the one reality and the inner Self of all beings, producing steady equality and detachment.
Kedāra-kṣetra contextually, where Śaiva jñāna and Śivarātri merit are extolled.
No direct prescription here; it describes the fruit (jñāna and non-dual vision) that follows Śaiva practice such as Śivarātri observance.