Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
कला देवि यदाद्यंतमनादिमजमव्ययम् । तदान्वितः शशी तस्यामधोमुखमवस्थितः
kalā devi yadādyaṃtamanādimajamavyayam | tadānvitaḥ śaśī tasyāmadhomukhamavasthitaḥ
হে দেবি! ‘কলা’ সেই যা আদ্য ও অন্তযুক্ত; কিন্তু (পরম তত্ত্ব) অনাদি, অজ ও অব্যয়। সেই কলার সঙ্গে যুক্ত চন্দ্র সেখানে অধোমুখ হয়ে অবস্থান করে।
Śiva
Tirtha: Somnātha at Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Candra depicted with a downward-turned face beneath a higher, formless radiance symbolizing the unborn, undecaying Supreme; subtle suggestion of Somnātha’s liṅga as the axis of the teaching.
FAQs
Time and its parts are finite, but the divine reality is beyond birth and decay; spiritual practice aims at that imperishable ground.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the textual setting; metaphysical teaching enhances the Māhātmya’s authority and sanctity.
None in this verse.