Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 96
ऊर्मयः सागरे नित्यं सलिले बुद्बुदा यथा । अहं कदा चित्ते नेत्रात्कदाचित्तव भालतः
ūrmayaḥ sāgare nityaṃ salile budbudā yathā | ahaṃ kadā citte netrātkadācittava bhālataḥ
Seperti ombak yang sentiasa bangkit di lautan, dan seperti buih yang timbul di atas air, demikianlah aku—kadang-kadang dari mata-Mu, kadang-kadang dari dahi-Mu—muncul ke hadapan.
Nārada (contextual attribution within Brahma–Nārada-saṃvāda)
Type: kund
Scene: A shoreline or riverbank near a shrine: waves and bubbles rendered prominently; above, the deity’s eye and brow radiate subtle streams of light from which a divine figure/energy emerges, suggesting periodic manifestation.
FAQs
All beings and powers emerge from the Divine repeatedly and effortlessly, like natural motions of water.
The setting belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.
No explicit ritual is stated; the verse functions as devotional contemplation (dhyāna) through imagery.