Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9
तावद्यावत्क्षयं सर्वे गताः काले सुसंचिताः । स्थितं समुन्नतं लिङ्गं दृष्ट्वा शोकमुपागमत्
tāvadyāvatkṣayaṃ sarve gatāḥ kāle susaṃcitāḥ | sthitaṃ samunnataṃ liṅgaṃ dṛṣṭvā śokamupāgamat
Avec le temps, tout ce qui avait été amassé avec soin s’épuisa ; et, voyant le liṅga toujours dressé, élevé et immobile, il fut saisi de chagrin.
Narrator (Purāṇic voice, likely Sūta/Skanda-context narration)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: The merchant stands drained and despairing; his stores/earnings depleted, while the liṅga remains upright, tall, and unmoved—an image of spiritual immutability versus worldly collapse.
FAQs
Worldly accumulation is exhaustible, while the divine principle (symbolized by the liṅga) remains steadfast.
Devamārga associated with the liṅga later famed as Balākeśvara in Revā Khaṇḍa.
None explicitly; it frames the narrative contrast between spent wealth and the enduring sacred emblem.