Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
नम आद्याय बीजाय आर्षेयाय प्रवर्त्तिने । अनंतराय चैकाय अव्यक्ताय नमोनमः
nama ādyāya bījāya ārṣeyāya pravarttine | anaṃtarāya caikāya avyaktāya namonamaḥ
ஆதியானவருக்கும், அனைத்தின் விதையானவருக்கும், ஆर्षேயனான இயக்குநருக்கும் வணக்கம்; முடிவில்லாதவருக்கும், ஒரேவருக்கும், அவ்யக்தனுக்கும் மீண்டும் மீண்டும் வணக்கம்.
Ṛṣis (sages)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Maheśvara
Scene: The hymn continues: sages salute Śiva as the primordial seed and the unmanifest one; behind Śiva’s form, a cosmic backdrop shows a subtle ‘seed’ point expanding into worlds, yet returning to a calm unmanifest field.
FAQs
The Lord is simultaneously the initiating cause and the transcendent, unmanifest One—inviting reverence beyond sectarian limits.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where such hymns are framed as a response to divine manifestation.
Devotional recitation (stotra) characterized by repeated salutations and contemplative divine epithets.