Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42
संप्रधार्येति स विभुः सर्वतश्चित्स्वरूपया । तया सह जगद्धात्र्या जगद्धाताऽथ धूर्जटिः
saṃpradhāryeti sa vibhuḥ sarvataścitsvarūpayā | tayā saha jagaddhātryā jagaddhātā'tha dhūrjaṭiḥ
Having thus resolved, that all-pervading Lord—Dhūrjaṭi (Śiva), the sustainer of the worlds—together with the World-Mother, whose nature is pure Consciousness in every way, proceeded to act for the ordering of creation.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (e.g., Śaunaka and others)
Scene: Śiva Dhūrjaṭi, serene and all-pervading, stands with the World-Mother (Śakti) as luminous pure Consciousness; the cosmos is poised for ordering, with subtle emanations beginning to stir.
FAQs
All sacred order and creation are grounded in Śiva united with Śakti, whose essence is pure Consciousness.
The verse occurs in Kāśīkhaṇḍa, aligning the teaching with Kāśī’s vision of Śiva-Śakti as the spiritual foundation of the city’s sanctity.
No explicit rite is prescribed in this verse; it presents a theological foundation (Śiva-Śakti and cit).