Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
तथेत्युक्त्वा शिवो देवस्तत्रैवांतरधीयत । ब्रह्मा ययौ मेरुशृंगं मनसः शिरसि स्थितम्
tathetyuktvā śivo devastatraivāṃtaradhīyata | brahmā yayau meruśṛṃgaṃ manasaḥ śirasi sthitam
Mit den Worten: „So sei es“ verschwand der Herr Śiva sogleich an jenem Ort. Darauf begab sich Brahmā zum Gipfel des Meru, der auf der Krone seines Geistes ruht, erreicht durch göttlichen Entschluss.
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.