Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
एतस्मात्कारणात्सोमः सर्वेषामधिकः स्मृतः । देवानां दानवानां च स हि पूज्यतमः स्मृतः
etasmātkāraṇātsomaḥ sarveṣāmadhikaḥ smṛtaḥ | devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca sa hi pūjyatamaḥ smṛtaḥ
اسی سبب سوم کو سب پر برتر یاد کیا گیا ہے۔ دیوتاؤں اور دانَووں دونوں میں وہی بے شک سب سے زیادہ قابلِ پرستش مانا گیا ہے۔
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Soma-kṣetra / Soma-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/dvijas
Scene: Soma enthroned as a radiant cosmic sovereign; devas and dānavas alike stand in respectful worship, indicating Soma’s universally acknowledged supremacy; the sky is filled with lunar rays and star motifs.
FAQs
True sacred power is measured by worship-worthiness (pūjyatā); Soma is upheld as universally venerable across cosmic factions.
The statement supports the Soma/Candra tīrtha context of the chapter, emphasizing the deity’s supremacy rather than a named location.
Implicitly, Soma-pūjā (worship of Soma) as a highly meritorious practice.