Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10
नापचीयेत ते किंचिन्नोपचीयेत तत्त्वतः । अव्ययत्वाच्च पूर्णत्वाद्धानिवृद्धी कृतस्त्वयि
nāpacīyeta te kiṃcinnopacīyeta tattvataḥ | avyayatvācca pūrṇatvāddhānivṛddhī kṛtastvayi
হে প্ৰভু, আপোনাৰ একো বস্তু সত্যতে নাহে ক্ষয় হয়, নাহে বৃদ্ধি পায়; কিয়নো আপুনি অব্যয় আৰু সদা-পূৰ্ণ। ‘হানি’ আৰু ‘লাভ’ কেৱল মনৰ কল্পনা, যি আপোনাৰ ওপৰত আৰোপিত।
Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa norm: Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A contemplative teaching scene in Kāśī: Śiva as luminous, unchanging center while the world’s symbols of gain and loss (scales, coins, fading garlands) swirl like shadows around Him; a devotee realizes their illusory nature.
FAQs
Śiva/Mahākāla is beyond change; worldly categories like increase and decrease do not apply to the Absolute.
The broader frame is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), where Mahākāla/Śiva is praised as the timeless Lord.
None directly; the verse is doctrinal, establishing Śiva’s unchanging nature as the basis for devotion.