Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
योऽसौ प्राणः शरीरस्थो देहिनां देहसंचरः । ब्रह्मांडमेतद्यस्यांतरेको यश्चाप्यनेकधा
yo'sau prāṇaḥ śarīrastho dehināṃ dehasaṃcaraḥ | brahmāṃḍametadyasyāṃtareko yaścāpyanekadhā
وہی پران جو بدن میں مقیم ہے، جسم داروں کے جسموں میں گردش کرتا ہے؛ جس کے اندر یہ سارا برہمانڈ-انڈا قائم ہے—وہ ایک بھی ہے اور پھر بھی کئی صورتوں میں ظاہر ہوتا ہے۔
Śiva (Someśvara/Kālāgnirudra) to Devī (Deveśī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A yogic vision: within the subtle prāṇa in a human body, the entire brahmāṇḍa appears—stars, worlds, and beings—while a single luminous presence pervades all forms.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s Lord is not only a shrine-deity but the immanent life-force—one reality appearing as many.
The ongoing context is Prabhāsa kṣetra and Śrī Someśvara, now described in a more universal, inner (prāṇa) register.
No explicit ritual; the verse shifts toward contemplative understanding of the divine as prāṇa and cosmos.