Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 15
नांतं देवा विजानंति यस्य तस्मै नमोनमः । यं न वाचः प्रशंसंति नमस्तस्मै चिदात्मने
nāṃtaṃ devā vijānaṃti yasya tasmai namonamaḥ | yaṃ na vācaḥ praśaṃsaṃti namastasmai cidātmane
اس ذات کو بار بار سجدۂ نمسکار ہے جس کی حد کو دیوتا بھی نہیں جانتے؛ اور اُس چِد آتما کو سلام ہے جس کی حمد و ثنا الفاظ پوری طرح نہیں کر سکتے۔
Unspecified (Devotional eulogy within Dharmāraṇya narrative; likely a sage or narrator-voice praising the Supreme)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: A vast, formless radiance suggested by a dark, quiet forest shrine; devas in the distance with folded hands; the central presence indicated only by a halo of consciousness, not a figure.
FAQs
The Supreme Reality is limitless and ultimately beyond conceptual knowledge and verbal description; devotion is expressed through humble salutations.
The verse functions as a universal stuti within the Dharmāraṇya context, preparing the reader for the sanctity of the forest-tīrtha rather than naming a single spot.
No specific rite is prescribed; the implied practice is namaskāra (reverential salutation) and contemplative remembrance.