Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
तथा त्वमपि देवेशि सर्वगापि न लक्ष्यसे
tathā tvamapi deveśi sarvagāpi na lakṣyase
ฉันนั้นเอง ข้าแต่พระเทวีผู้เป็นใหญ่เหนือเทพ แม้พระแม่จะแผ่ซ่านอยู่ทั่วทุกแห่ง ก็หาได้ประจักษ์แก่ผู้คนโดยง่ายไม่
Deductive: A devotee/narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya recitation (speaker not explicit in this verse)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as Deveśi)
Scene: Devī’s presence fills the landscape—river, trees, sky—yet she appears only as a faint luminous outline to the unprepared; a focused devotee with folded hands perceives her clearly near the shrine.
FAQs
Even when the Goddess is everywhere, recognition depends on inner purification, devotion, and grace.
No specific location is mentioned in this shloka.
No explicit prescription; it implies the need for worship, contemplation, and disciplined practice to ‘see’ the all-pervading Devī.