Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
तथेत्युक्त्वा शिवो देवस्तत्रैवांतरधीयत । ब्रह्मा ययौ मेरुशृंगं मनसः शिरसि स्थितम्
tathetyuktvā śivo devastatraivāṃtaradhīyata | brahmā yayau meruśṛṃgaṃ manasaḥ śirasi sthitam
“তথাস্তु” বলে দেব শিব সেখানেই অন্তর্ধান করলেন। তারপর ব্রহ্মা মেরুর শিখরে গেলেন, যা তাঁর মনের শিরোভাগে স্থিত—সঙ্কল্পমাত্রে প্রাপ্ত।
Narrator
Tirtha: Meru-śṛṅga
Type: peak
Scene: Śiva says ‘tathā’ and vanishes; Brahmā, through divine resolve, journeys to Meru’s peak—depicted as a transition from presence to absence and from earth to cosmic summit.
FAQs
The Lord’s presence is sovereign—appearing and disappearing at will; seekers must proceed with resolve toward tapas and worship.
While Meru is referenced cosmologically, the narrative functions within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya of Prabhāsa.
Not directly; it sets the stage for Brahmā’s tapas in the next verse.