Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 36
त्वत्तो जगत्त्वं जगदेवसाक्षाज्जगत्त्वदीयं जगदेकबंधो । हर्ताविता त्वं प्रथमो विधाता विधातृविष्ण्वीश नमो नमस्ते
tvatto jagattvaṃ jagadevasākṣājjagattvadīyaṃ jagadekabaṃdho | hartāvitā tvaṃ prathamo vidhātā vidhātṛviṣṇvīśa namo namaste
世界之真实由你而生；确然，你是宇宙显现的见证者。此宇宙属于你，噢万有唯一的至亲。你是最初的制定者——亦为毁灭者与护持者。噢为梵天与毗湿奴之本源的主，敬礼，敬礼于你。
Unnamed devotee/praiser (contextually within Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration; immediately before Skanda’s speech at 42)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī / Viśveśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee in Kāśī offers folded hands before Viśveśvara-liṅga; behind the liṅga, a cosmic vision shows the universe arising and dissolving within Śiva, with Brahmā and Viṣṇu as emanated powers.
FAQs
Śiva is praised as the ultimate source, witness, and governor of creation—devotion rests on recognizing his all-encompassing lordship.
The setting is the Kāśīkhaṇḍa (Vārāṇasī/Kāśī), though this verse focuses on universal Śiva-stuti rather than naming a single tīrtha.
No specific rite is prescribed here; it is a theological praise (stuti) establishing Śiva’s supremacy.