Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 39
सहस्रशीर्षपुरुष पुरुहूत सुखप्रद । यद्भूतं यच्च भाव्यं वै तत्रैकः पुरुषो भवान्
sahasraśīrṣapuruṣa puruhūta sukhaprada | yadbhūtaṃ yacca bhāvyaṃ vai tatraikaḥ puruṣo bhavān
اے ہزار سروں والے پُرُش! اے کثرت سے پکارے جانے والے رب، اے راحت بخش! جو کچھ ہو چکا اور جو کچھ ہونے والا ہے—ان سب میں تو ہی واحد پُرُش ہے۔
Vyāsa (deduced from Adhyāya context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Viśveśvara-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmic form is invoked: the thousand-headed Puruṣa encompassing time—past and future—while the devotee addresses Him as the sole reality behind all phenomena.
FAQs
All times and states are encompassed by the One Divine Person; recognizing this unity steadies the mind and deepens surrender (śaraṇāgati).
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame implies Kāśī’s sanctity, though the verse itself is a universal theological declaration.
No explicit ritual; it supports meditation (dhyāna) on the cosmic Puruṣa alongside stuti.