Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44
असंख्याताश्च कल्पाख्या असंख्याताः पितामहाः । हरयश्चाप्यसंख्याता एक एव महेश्वरः
asaṃkhyātāśca kalpākhyā asaṃkhyātāḥ pitāmahāḥ | harayaścāpyasaṃkhyātā eka eva maheśvaraḥ
لا تُحصى الدوراتُ المسماة كَلْبَات (kalpas)، ولا يُحصى البِتَامَهَات (Pitāmahas، أي براهما)، ولا يُحصى الهَرِيّون (Haris، أي فيشنو)—ومع ذلك فمهيشڤرا واحدٌ لا ثاني له.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī/Pārvatī
Scene: A cosmic tableau: innumerable kalpas and deity-forms receding into vastness, while a single radiant Maheśvara stands unmoving as the axis of all worlds.
FAQs
Amid endless cosmic cycles and manifestations, the supreme principle is singular—Maheśvara as the unchanging reality.
Prabhāsakṣetra; the māhātmya uses cosmology to magnify Shaiva supremacy within the sacred landscape.
None; it is a theological proclamation emphasizing Śiva’s oneness.