Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
अन्ये सर्वेऽपि नश्यंति कल्पांते ब्रह्मणो दिने । एतानि मुक्त्वा देवेशि न्यग्रोधं सप्त कल्पगम
anye sarve'pi naśyaṃti kalpāṃte brahmaṇo dine | etāni muktvā deveśi nyagrodhaṃ sapta kalpagama
অন্য সকলো বস্তু কল্পান্তত, ব্ৰহ্মাৰ দিনৰ অন্তত নাশ হয়; কিন্তু, হে দেৱেশী, এই সকলো এৰি দিলে ন্যগ্ৰোধ (বট) আছে, যি সাত কল্প জুৰি স্থিৰ থাকে।
Īśvara (Śiva) (continued discourse)
Tirtha: Nyagrodha-tīrtha (Banyan of Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘Deveśi’)
Scene: A colossal banyan tree with aerial roots, glowing with sacred light; behind it, a faint vision of cosmic dissolution—stars dimming, waters rising—yet the tree remains steady; Devī addressed by the narrator in a reverent scene.
FAQs
The māhātmya emphasizes the extraordinary permanence of certain sacred presences even across cosmic dissolutions.
The Nyagrodha (banyan) and associated sacred features within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
None explicitly; the focus is on cosmic durability and sacred geography.