Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3
कदाचिदपि कल्पांते द्यो लोके भ्रंशति क्षये । प्रोत्तंभनं स्तंभ इव दत्तो विश्वकृता स्वयम्
kadācidapi kalpāṃte dyo loke bhraṃśati kṣaye | prottaṃbhanaṃ staṃbha iva datto viśvakṛtā svayam
Mitunter, am Ende eines Kalpa, wenn die Himmelswelt im Untergang zusammenbricht, wird sie gehalten—gleichsam von einer Stützsäule—die der Weltschöpfer selbst verliehen hat.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta/imperishable field implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Maitrāvaruṇa
Scene: At the end of a kalpa, worlds collapse; yet the sacred structure stands, upheld like a cosmic pillar placed by the World-Maker.
FAQs
Even cosmic dissolution is contained by divine order; sacred narration links stability and protection to the divine presence.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides cosmological grandeur supporting the forthcoming site-māhātmya.
None; it is doctrinal imagery about cosmic cycles and divine sustenance.