Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 84
उत्पत्तिश्चापि भंगश्च विश्वस्यैतद्द्वयं मृषा । एवमेव हि सर्वं च सदिदं वर्तते जगत्
utpattiścāpi bhaṃgaśca viśvasyaitaddvayaṃ mṛṣā | evameva hi sarvaṃ ca sadidaṃ vartate jagat
La « naissance » et la « destruction » de l’univers—ce couple est mensonge. Ainsi, en vérité, tout demeure : ce monde subsiste comme l’Être même.
Unspecified in snippet (philosophical voice; non-dual/absolute-being flavor)
Scene: A cosmic tableau where creation and dissolution are shown as faint, illusory ripples around a steady luminous center labeled 'sat'; the teacher points to the unmoving core while worlds appear and fade like mirage.
FAQs
It frames creation and destruction as conceptual overlays, emphasizing an underlying reality/being in which the world ‘abides’.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is metaphysical.
None.