Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
तद्वोऽहं कीर्तयिष्यामि नमस्कृत्य द्विजोतमाः । तस्मै देवाधिदेवाय निर्गुणाय गुणात्मने
tadvo'haṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi namaskṛtya dvijotamāḥ | tasmai devādhidevāya nirguṇāya guṇātmane
Wahai yang terbaik antara kaum dvija, setelah aku menundukkan sembah, aku akan menceritakannya kepada kalian—sembah puji kepada Dewa di atas segala dewa, Yang nirguṇa namun juga inti segala guṇa.
Narrator of the Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual Purāṇic narrator addressing dvijas)
Listener: dvijottamāḥ (explicit)
Scene: The narrator bows to the supreme Devādhideva and begins a reverent stotra-like recounting; dvijottamas listen attentively, hands folded, as the theological frame is set.
FAQs
The Purāṇas harmonize transcendence and immanence: the Supreme is beyond attributes yet also present as the source of all manifested qualities.
This is an invocatory/theological verse; it does not name a particular tīrtha in the line itself.
Namaskāra (reverential salutation) as the proper beginning before sacred narration and teaching.