Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
योऽसौ प्राणः शरीरस्थो देहिनां देहसंचरः । ब्रह्मांडमेतद्यस्यांतरेको यश्चाप्यनेकधा
yo'sau prāṇaḥ śarīrastho dehināṃ dehasaṃcaraḥ | brahmāṃḍametadyasyāṃtareko yaścāpyanekadhā
जो प्राण देहात स्थित असून देहधारी जीवांच्या देहांत संचार करतो, ज्याच्या अंतरी हे समस्त ब्रह्मांड-अंड स्थित आहे—तो एक असूनही अनेक प्रकारे प्रकटतो।
Śiva (Someśvara/Kālāgnirudra) to Devī (Deveśī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A yogic vision: within the subtle prāṇa in a human body, the entire brahmāṇḍa appears—stars, worlds, and beings—while a single luminous presence pervades all forms.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s Lord is not only a shrine-deity but the immanent life-force—one reality appearing as many.
The ongoing context is Prabhāsa kṣetra and Śrī Someśvara, now described in a more universal, inner (prāṇa) register.
No explicit ritual; the verse shifts toward contemplative understanding of the divine as prāṇa and cosmos.