Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
अमा सूक्ष्मा परा शक्तिः सा त्वं देवि प्रकीर्तिता । प्रलयोत्पत्तियोगेन स्थिताः कालक्रमोदिताः
amā sūkṣmā parā śaktiḥ sā tvaṃ devi prakīrtitā | pralayotpattiyogena sthitāḥ kālakramoditāḥ
অমা সূক্ষ্মা, পরম শক্তি; হে দেবী, সেই শক্তিই তুমি বলে কীর্তিত। প্রলয় ও উৎপত্তির যোগে কালের পরিমাপ ক্রমান্বয়ে উদিত হয়ে স্থিত হয়।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Īśvara declares Amā to be the subtle supreme Śakti—Devī herself; through the yoga (linkage) of dissolution and creation, time’s measures arise in ordered sequence.
FAQs
Time’s sequence is a manifestation of Śakti, inseparable from the cosmic cycles of creation and dissolution.
Prabhāsakṣetra, within whose Māhātmya such cosmological teachings are presented as sacred revelation.
None directly; the verse provides the doctrinal basis for honoring tithis and cosmic cycles.