Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37
तस्य तत्त्वस्वरूपस्य रूपातीतस्य भो द्विज । परावरे रुद्ररूपे सर्वेव्याप्यावतिष्ठत
tasya tattvasvarūpasya rūpātītasya bho dvija | parāvare rudrarūpe sarvevyāpyāvatiṣṭhata
ஓ த்விஜரே, அவர் தத்துவஸ்வரூபன்; ரூபத்தைத் தாண்டியவன். உயர்ந்ததும் தாழ்ந்ததும் ஆகிய இரு நிலைகளிலும் ருத்ரரூபமாக நிலைத்து, அனைத்திலும் பரவி எங்கும் நிறுவப்பட்டிருக்கிறான்।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija (brāhmaṇa)
Scene: A teaching scene: a sage addresses a dvija, pointing to the cosmos where Rudra’s presence is shown simultaneously in celestial and earthly planes; Śiva appears as a subtle, formless radiance overlaying all forms.
FAQs
Śiva-Rudra is the all-pervading Reality itself—beyond form, yet present in every realm and being.
Kāśī is the textual setting; the verse emphasizes metaphysical pervasion rather than a named location inside Kāśī.
None; it is a doctrinal clarification meant to deepen understanding and contemplation.