Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 17
महाकल्पे च संप्राप्ते चराचरे क्षयं गते । जलरूपी जगन्नाथो रममाणस्तु लीलया
mahākalpe ca saṃprāpte carācare kṣayaṃ gate | jalarūpī jagannātho ramamāṇastu līlayā
মহাকল্প উপস্থিত হলে, চল-অচল সকলের ক্ষয় হলে, জলরূপ জগন্নাথ লীলায় রমণ করে অবস্থান করলেন।
Śiva
Tirtha: Pralaya-jala (symbolic)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A boundless ocean under a dark-blue sky; all worlds dissolved. In the center, the Lord as the very essence of water—suggested by a luminous presence—rests in playful serenity.
FAQs
The Supreme remains untouched by dissolution; what appears as cosmic ending is within divine līlā and order.
No specific site is named; the verse supplies cosmological context that often undergirds a place’s māhātmya.
None; it narrates the state of the Lord during cosmic dissolution.