Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7
सृष्टिप्रलय संज्ञौ द्वौ ग्लहौ जयपराजयौ । देवीजये भवेत्सृष्टिरसृष्टिर्धूर्जटेर्जये
sṛṣṭipralaya saṃjñau dvau glahau jayaparājayau | devījaye bhavetsṛṣṭirasṛṣṭirdhūrjaṭerjaye
খেলাৰ দুটা দাওঁ ‘সৃষ্টি’ আৰু ‘প্ৰলয়’ নামে পৰিচিত—সেয়াই জয় আৰু পৰাজয়। দেবী জয়ী হ’লে সৃষ্টি উদ্ভৱ হয়; ধূর্জটি (শিৱ) জয়ী হ’লে অসৃষ্টি, অৰ্থাৎ লয়-প্ৰত্যাহাৰ ঘটে।
Nārada
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages in the listening assembly
Scene: Two symbolic stakes labeled ‘Sṛṣṭi’ and ‘Pralaya’ set beside a divine game; Devī’s ‘win’ radiates worlds emerging, while Śiva’s ‘win’ shows worlds dissolving into stillness; Kāśī’s skyline anchors the vision.
FAQs
Creation and dissolution are not random; they are governed by the harmonious sovereignty of Śiva and Śakti.
No distinct tīrtha is specified; the verse teaches cosmic principles within the Kailāsa narrative context.
None; it is theological cosmology expressed through metaphor.