Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
संसारे विबुधश्रेष्ठ जगत्स्थावरजंगमम् । न तदस्ति त्रिलोकेऽस्मिन्सुसूक्ष्ममपि शंकर । यत्त्वया न प्रभो व्याप्तं सृष्टिसंहारकारणात्
saṃsāre vibudhaśreṣṭha jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam | na tadasti triloke'sminsusūkṣmamapi śaṃkara | yattvayā na prabho vyāptaṃ sṛṣṭisaṃhārakāraṇāt
Wahai yang terbaik antara para dewa, wahai Śaṅkara! Dalam samsara ini—segala yang bergerak dan yang tidak bergerak—di tiga alam tiada sesuatu pun, walau sehalus mana, yang tidak diliputi oleh-Mu, wahai Tuhan, kerana Engkaulah sebab penciptaan dan peleburan.
Devas
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣi/king frame typical of khaṇḍas)
Scene: A devotee’s stuti to Śaṅkara: the cosmos of moving and unmoving beings shown as translucent forms within Śiva’s all-pervading presence.
FAQs
Seeing everything as pervaded by Śiva transforms perception: the Lord is not confined to a shrine but is the causal ground of creation and dissolution.
Implicitly the Arbuda region’s Liṅga-site is elevated by declaring the same Śiva to be universally present, making the local shrine a gateway to the cosmic Lord.
None stated; the verse teaches a contemplative theology (sarvavyāpitva) supportive of japa, dhyāna, and pūjā.