Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 36
बालोपि न भवत्येष यतोऽयं बहुवार्षिकः । अनादिवृद्धो लोकेषु गीयते चोग्र एष यत्
bālopi na bhavatyeṣa yato'yaṃ bahuvārṣikaḥ | anādivṛddho lokeṣu gīyate cogra eṣa yat
Il n’est pas non plus un enfant, car il est de bien des années. Dans les mondes, on le chante comme « ancien depuis le sans-commencement », et aussi comme « Ugra », le Redoutable.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (with Bhairava/Mahākāla resonance)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame; not explicit)
Scene: Śiva as timeless Mahākāla: a vast, dark-blue figure with matted locks and crescent moon, surrounded by swirling time motifs; in the foreground, Kāśī’s cremation ghat fires glow, signifying transcendence over death.
FAQs
Śiva is timeless—beyond childhood and age—yet manifests powerful (ugra) aspects to uphold cosmic order.
Kāśī is the implied sacred setting; the verse itself is theological rather than topographical.
None stated.