Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 99
त्वं क्षितिर्वरुणश्चैव पवनस्त्वं हुताशनः । त्वं दीक्षा यजमानश्च आकाशं सोम एव च
tvaṃ kṣitirvaruṇaścaiva pavanastvaṃ hutāśanaḥ | tvaṃ dīkṣā yajamānaśca ākāśaṃ soma eva ca
تو ہی زمین ہے؛ تو ہی ورُوṇ (وارُن) ہے؛ تو ہی ہوا ہے؛ تو ہی آگ (ہُتاشن) ہے۔ تو ہی دِیکشا ہے اور تو ہی یَجمان؛ تو ہی آکاش ہے، اور تو ہی سوما بھی ہے۔
A devotee/narratorial voice within Revā Khaṇḍa (stuti-context; precise speaker not stated in the snippet)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Bāṇa’s hymn visualized as a cosmic Śiva: the five elements and Vedic sacrificial emblems (dīkṣā, yajamāna, soma) radiate from the deity; the river Revā suggested in the foreground as a sacred setting.
FAQs
The Lord is immanent in nature and ritual alike—elements, gods, and the sacrifice itself are expressions of the one divine reality.
No single tīrtha is named; it is a cosmic-theological praise within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting.
Yajña vocabulary appears (dīkṣā, yajamāna), but no specific sacrificial procedure is prescribed in this verse.