Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 102
यं स्तौति वेदस्तमहं प्रपद्ये तत्पुरुषसंज्ञं शरणं द्वितीयम् । त्वां विद्महे तच् नस्त्वं प्रदेहि श्रीरुद्र देवेश नमोनमस्ते
yaṃ stauti vedastamahaṃ prapadye tatpuruṣasaṃjñaṃ śaraṇaṃ dvitīyam | tvāṃ vidmahe tac nastvaṃ pradehi śrīrudra deveśa namonamaste
جس کی ستائش وید کرتے ہیں، میں اسی کی پناہ لیتا ہوں—تتپُرش نامی دوسری پناہ۔ ہم آپ کو جانتے ہیں؛ وہی کرپا ہمیں عطا فرمائیں۔ اے شری رُدر، دیوتاؤں کے دیویش، آپ کو بار بار نمسکار۔
A dvija devotee (as implied by the immediate narrative context)
Scene: A devotee with folded hands stands before a radiant four/five-faced Śiva, the Tatpuruṣa aspect emphasized; Vedic seers and subtle Veda-mantras appear as luminous script around the deity.
FAQs
True refuge is Śiva as revealed by the Veda; knowledge must mature into prayer for anugraha (divine grace).
No site is directly named; the verse is a face-aspect (Tatpuruṣa) praise within the chapter’s sacred narrative.
An implied upāsanā: taking refuge (prapatti) and repeated salutations (namas), akin to mantra-style devotion.