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
हे विबुधश्रेष्ठ शंकर! संसारे स्थावरजङ्गमात्मकं यत्किञ्चिज्जगत्, त्रिलोकेऽस्मिन् सुसूक्ष्ममपि नास्ति यत्त्वया प्रभो न व्याप्तम्; त्वमेव सृष्टिसंहारयोः कारणम्।
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.