Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48
पातालादागतः सद्यः सर्वेषामवदत्त्वरम् । तस्याप्यंतो न दृष्टो मे ह्यवलोकनतत्परः
pātālādāgataḥ sadyaḥ sarveṣāmavadattvaram | tasyāpyaṃto na dṛṣṭo me hyavalokanatatparaḥ
ครั้นกลับมาจากปาตาละโดยพลัน เขารีบกราบทูลแก่ทุกผู้ว่า: “แม้เราจะเพียรค้นหาและเพ่งดูอย่างยิ่ง ก็ยังมิได้เห็นที่สุดของมัน”
Viṣṇu (contextually reporting his search downward)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Scene: A deity returns swiftly from Pātāla and announces to all that despite focused searching, the liṅga’s end was not seen—evoking a dramatic descent-ascent journey and the revelation of infinity.
FAQs
The Infinite cannot be measured by effort alone; spiritual maturity includes honest recognition of one’s limits before the Supreme.
The narrative occurs within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s praise of Śiva’s sacred realm (Kedāra region), though the verse highlights a cosmic descent to Pātāla.
None; the verse is part of a theological account illustrating the boundlessness of the divine form.