Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12
अमूर्तमूर्ताय सहस्रमूर्तये गुणाय गुण्याय परात्पराय । अपारपाराय परापराय नमोस्तु तुभ्यं शिखिवाहनाय
amūrtamūrtāya sahasramūrtaye guṇāya guṇyāya parātparāya | apārapārāya parāparāya namostu tubhyaṃ śikhivāhanāya
உனக்கு நமஸ்காரம்—உருவமற்றவனும் உருவமுடையவனும் நீயே; ஆயிரம் வடிவங்களாய் விளங்குபவனே; நற்குணத்தின் தத்துவமும் நற்குணத்தின் இலக்குமாய் இருப்பவனே; பராத்பரனே; அளவில்லா கரையுடையவனே; உயர்வு-தாழ்வு இரண்டையும் கடந்தவனே—மயூரவாஹனனே, வணக்கம்।
Agastya
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (tattva-darśana frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmic Skanda: simultaneously a serene formless radiance and a vivid embodied deity on a peacock; countless subtle faces/forms shimmer like reflections; the horizon dissolves into an unfathomable ocean of light.
FAQs
The divine can be approached both as transcendent (formless) and immanent (with form); devotion harmonizes both visions.
The Kāśī-khaṇḍa setting frames the praise, reinforcing Kāśī as a landscape of direct encounter with the transcendent through sacred form.
None explicitly; the verse functions as a meditative stotra for contemplation and japa-like repetition.