Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11
त्वमात्मा सर्वभूतानामेको ज्योतिरिवैधसाम् । सर्वं भवति यस्मात्त्वत्तस्मात्सर्वोऽसि नित्यदा
tvamātmā sarvabhūtānāmeko jyotirivaidhasām | sarvaṃ bhavati yasmāttvattasmātsarvo'si nityadā
तूच सर्वभूतांचा आत्मा आहेस—एक, जसा अनेक इंधनांत एकच ज्योती. कारण सर्व काही तुझ्यापासूनच उत्पन्न होते, म्हणून तू नित्य सर्वरूपाने सर्वत्र विद्यमान आहेस.
Ṛṣayaḥ (Sages)
Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Assembled devas and sages (and, in Purāṇic frame, the listening ṛṣis)
Scene: In the snowy Kedāra landscape, devas and ṛṣis behold Mahādeva as a radiant, single flame-like presence, while many lamps/fuels symbolize diverse beings; the light pervades all directions.
FAQs
The Divine is the single inner light present in all beings; creation arises from that one source, implying divine immanence.
Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra is the broader frame; the verse provides the metaphysical basis for tirtha-devotion.
None; the verse is doctrinal praise describing the Lord’s all-pervasiveness.