Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34
चतुर्विंशत्यधिकं च भुवनानां शतद्वयम् । तस्योपरि परं ज्योतिर्जागर्ति तव केवलम्
caturviṃśatyadhikaṃ ca bhuvanānāṃ śatadvayam | tasyopari paraṃ jyotirjāgarti tava kevalam
دو سو جہانوں سے پرے—بلکہ ان سے بھی چوبیس آگے—سب کے اوپر وہ برتر نور چمکتا ہے؛ وہ نور تنہا تو ہی ہے جو بیدار ہے۔
Unspecified (contextual hymn within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; a devotee/narrator praising Śiva as Amṛteśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A layered cosmos of many worlds depicted as concentric spheres; above them a single, unwavering column or orb of pure light labeled as the deity—'that Light alone awake'.
FAQs
All cosmic realms are surpassed by the one supreme Reality—Śiva as the ever-awake, transcendent Light.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where Amṛteśvara is praised as the supreme, transcendent radiance.
None explicitly; the verse functions as contemplative praise (stuti) and theological affirmation.