Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
त्वं यज्ञस्त्वं वषट्कारस्त्वमापस्त्वं मही विभो । त्वया सृष्टमिदं सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्
tvaṃ yajñastvaṃ vaṣaṭkārastvamāpastvaṃ mahī vibho | tvayā sṛṣṭamidaṃ sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram
آپ ہی یَجْن ہیں، آپ ہی وَشَٹکار ہیں؛ آپ ہی آب ہیں، آپ ہی زمین، اے ہمہ گیر رب! آپ ہی نے یہ سب رچا—تینوں لوک، متحرک و ساکن سب سمیت۔
Devāḥ (the gods)
Type: kshetra
Scene: As devas chant, the scene expands symbolically: yajña-fire, vaṣaṭ syllables as golden script, waters and earth rising as personified elements around Śiva; the three worlds appear as layered spheres behind him.
FAQs
The divine is not separate from dharma and ritual; Śiva is portrayed as both the sacred act (yajña) and the cosmos it sustains.
The verse is a universal stuti used to frame tīrtha-glorification; it does not name a particular site by itself.
It highlights Vedic ritual vocabulary (yajña, vaṣaṭ) but gives no direct instruction; it supports the idea that worship and sacrifice are ultimately offered to Śiva.