Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 94
त्वमेको भगवान्सर्वव्यापकः सर्वदेहिनाम् । पितृवद्रक्षकोऽसि त्वं माता त्वं जीवसंज्ञकः
tvameko bhagavānsarvavyāpakaḥ sarvadehinām | pitṛvadrakṣako'si tvaṃ mātā tvaṃ jīvasaṃjñakaḥ
تو ہی اکیلا بھگوان ہے، سب جسم داروں میں سراسر پھیلا ہوا۔ تو باپ کی طرح محافظ ہے؛ تو ماں ہے؛ اور تو ہی زندگی کا اصل تَتْو ہے۔
Devatāgaṇa (gods) praising the Lord (contextual deduction from preceding verse)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee offers stuti before the presiding deity of the tīrtha; the deity is shown as cosmic and simultaneously tender—hands in blessing, with subtle imagery of the Lord pervading all beings around (humans, animals, sages).
FAQs
The Lord is the inner support of all beings—protector, nurturer, and the indwelling life itself.
Not specified in this verse; it is a universal theological praise within the chapter’s tīrtha framework.
No explicit rite; the verse models stuti and contemplative recognition of the all-pervading divine.
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