Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 54
प्रकृतिः पुरुषश्चैव अनादी श्रृणुमः पुरा । साधर्म्येणावतिष्ठेते सृष्टेः प्रागजरामरौ
prakṛtiḥ puruṣaścaiva anādī śrṛṇumaḥ purā | sādharmyeṇāvatiṣṭhete sṛṣṭeḥ prāgajarāmarau
Prakṛti et Puruṣa sont véritablement sans commencement—ainsi l’avons-nous entendu depuis les temps anciens. Avant la création, ils demeurent ensemble en une condition commune, tous deux sans vieillesse et sans mort.
Bāla
Listener: The inquirer
Scene: Two principles depicted: Prakṛti as a veiled, tri-colored (guṇas) cosmic matrix; Puruṣa as a clear, luminous witness. Before creation they stand in poised balance, no motion, no differentiation.
FAQs
Creation is explained through eternal principles—prakṛti and puruṣa—rather than a purely temporal beginning.
No tīrtha is mentioned; this is doctrinal cosmology, not a site-māhātmya passage.
None; it provides metaphysical categories used to interpret bondage and liberation.