Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30
तानि सर्वाणि दृष्टानि शंभुना परमेष्ठिना । आश्रयोऽहं च सर्वेषां भूतानां नात्र संशयः । असुराणां सुराणां च सर्वेषामपि वल्लभः
tāni sarvāṇi dṛṣṭāni śaṃbhunā parameṣṭhinā | āśrayo'haṃ ca sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ | asurāṇāṃ surāṇāṃ ca sarveṣāmapi vallabhaḥ
یہ سب کچھ پرمیشٹھھی شَمبھو، اعلیٰ ترین پروردگار نے دیکھا۔ “میں ہی تمام بھوتوں (مخلوقات) کا سہارا ہوں—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔ اَسوروں اور سُروں، دونوں کے لیے میں سب کا محبوب ہوں۔”
Śiva (Śambhu) speaking (direct first-person statement)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Above the battlefield, Śambhu stands serene—ash-smeared, crescent-mooned, with matted locks and tranquil gaze—witnessing all; his presence calms the chaos, conveying universal shelter.
FAQs
Śiva is presented as the impartial refuge of all beings, transcending factional divisions like deva and asura.
Kedāra-region Śaiva mahātmya (Kedārakhaṇḍa) provides the setting, emphasizing Śiva’s universal lordship as the theological basis for the place’s sanctity.
No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse.