Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73
जले स्थले च पातालेप्यनिले चानलेऽचले । विद्याधरासुरसुरे किं नरे वानरे नरे
jale sthale ca pātālepyanile cānale'cale | vidyādharāsurasure kiṃ nare vānare nare
پانی میں اور خشکی پر؛ پاتال میں بھی؛ ہوا میں، آگ میں اور پہاڑوں میں—ودھیادھروں، اسوروں اور دیوتاؤں میں—انسانوں کی تو بات ہی کیا، بندروں میں بھی (میں اسی کو دیکھتا ہوں)۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages/pilgrims
Scene: A panoramic cosmic tableau: water, land, underworld caverns, swirling wind, blazing fire, towering mountains; within each, a subtle luminous Hari-form appears; beings—Vidyādharas, Devas, Asuras, humans, monkeys—turn toward the same presence.
FAQs
Devotional vision matures into perceiving the Divine everywhere—across elements, realms, and species.
No specific tirtha; the verse universalizes sacred presence beyond geography, within Kāśī Khaṇḍa discourse.
Not a ritual act; it implies a contemplative practice of perceiving Hari’s presence in all places and beings.