Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
नित्यं च कारणं देवं मखघ्नं सर्वतोमुखम् । शिवं सर्वात्मकं सूक्ष्ममनाद्यं यच्च दैवतम्
nityaṃ ca kāraṇaṃ devaṃ makhaghnaṃ sarvatomukham | śivaṃ sarvātmakaṃ sūkṣmamanādyaṃ yacca daivatam
اس الوہیت کو ازلی اور علتِ اوّل سمجھو—مکھ گھْن، غرور بھرے یَجْن کا قاہر، ہر سمت رُخ رکھنے والا؛ شِو، سب کا آتما، نہایت لطیف، بے آغاز—پربھاس میں پوجا جانے والا سچا ربّ۔
Deductive (Prabhāsa-māhātmya context): a narrator addressing a divine lady (likely Śiva/Skanda’s discourse within the māhātmya frame)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Śiva as the worshipped Godhead there)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmic Śiva presence implied through an aniconic liṅga and a mandala of faces/directions; sacrificial fire subdued, indicating ‘makhaghna’; the universe reflected in Śiva’s subtle radiance.
FAQs
Śiva is described as the eternal, beginningless cause and the all-pervading subtle reality—worthy of realization beyond mere outward ritual pride.
Prabhāsa kṣetra (Prabhāsa), celebrated as a place where Śiva’s supreme nature is to be known.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is doctrinal—recognition of Śiva’s supreme, all-faced, all-pervading nature.