Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
अन्यो विष्णुश्च भवति अन्यो ब्रह्मा भवत्यपि । कल्पे कल्पे मया सृष्टः कल्पे विष्णुः प्रजापतिः
anyo viṣṇuśca bhavati anyo brahmā bhavatyapi | kalpe kalpe mayā sṛṣṭaḥ kalpe viṣṇuḥ prajāpatiḥ
«في كلِّ كَلْبَةٍ (kalpa) يكون فيشنو غيرَ فيشنو، وفي كلِّ كَلْبَةٍ يكون براهما غيرَ براهما أيضًا. وفي كلِّ كَلْبَةٍ أُظهِرُهما أنا—فيشنو وبراجابَتي، ربَّ الذرية.»
Śiva (Śaṅkara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Śiva explains that in each kalpa a different Viṣṇu and Brahmā arise, created by him; a cosmic wheel of time turns behind the divine pair in dialogue.
FAQs
All cosmic roles are cyclical and contingent; the text presents Śiva as the steady ground from which these functions arise.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the setting for Śiva’s doctrinal revelation connected with Kālāgniliṅga.
No ritual act is prescribed in this verse.