Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 52
कालः करालको बालः को मृत्युः को यमाधमः । शिवविष्णुपराणां हि नराणां किं भयं भवेत्
kālaḥ karālako bālaḥ ko mṛtyuḥ ko yamādhamaḥ | śivaviṣṇuparāṇāṃ hi narāṇāṃ kiṃ bhayaṃ bhavet
শিব-বিষ্ণুতে পরায়ণ মানুষের কাছে ভয়ংকর কালও শিশুর মতো হয়ে যায়; তবে মৃত্যু কী, আর সেই অধম যমই বা কী? তাদের জন্য ভয় কোথা থেকে আসবে?
Deductively: Skanda
Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa (Hari-Hara bhakti zone)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Personified Kāla, once terrifying, appears as a harmless child; Mṛtyu and Yama shrink in stature before devotees radiant with Hari-Hara devotion, standing on a riverbank shrine platform.
FAQs
Devotion to Śiva and Viṣṇu grants spiritual fearlessness, making even Time and Death powerless.
The Revā Khaṇḍa context connects the teaching to pilgrimage spirituality on the Revā/Narmadā banks.
No specific rite; the prescription is parāyaṇatā—steadfast devotion to Śiva and Viṣṇu.
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