Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12
सर्गात्पुरा निरालोकं यदेकं निष्कलं परम् । चिदानंदमयं ज्योतिः स आद्यः केवलः शिवः
sargātpurā nirālokaṃ yadekaṃ niṣkalaṃ param | cidānaṃdamayaṃ jyotiḥ sa ādyaḥ kevalaḥ śivaḥ
সৃষ্টিৰ আগতে আছিল সেই একমাত্ৰ পৰম তত্ত্ব—নিরালোক, নিষ্কল, সর্বোচ্চ; চিত্-আনন্দময় জ্যোতি। তেওঁৱেই আদ্য, কেৱল, পৰম শিৱ।
Muni (continuing instruction to the king)
Scene: A vast, dark pre-cosmic expanse with a single, serene, formless radiance—Śiva as pure light—suggested without anthropomorphic detail; the sage narrates while the king listens in awe.
FAQs
The highest reality is the One, partless Śiva—pure consciousness and bliss—prior to and beyond creation.
No particular sacred site is named; the verse presents a universal Śaiva metaphysics.
None explicitly; it is a doctrinal statement about the supreme principle.