Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 113
नोभूमिर्न जलं चाग्निर्न वायुर्न नभस्तदा । नाहंकारो न च महान्मूलाविद्या तथैव च । शिवस्य कोपात्संजातं तदा भस्माकुलं जगत्
nobhūmirna jalaṃ cāgnirna vāyurna nabhastadā | nāhaṃkāro na ca mahānmūlāvidyā tathaiva ca | śivasya kopātsaṃjātaṃ tadā bhasmākulaṃ jagat
Alors il n’y avait ni terre, ni eau, ni feu, ni vent, ni même le ciel ; ne subsistaient ni l’ego (ahaṃkāra), ni le Grand Principe (mahat), ni l’ignorance racine. De la colère de Śiva, l’univers devint alors un tumulte de cendres.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages/seekers
Scene: A near-blank cosmic field: the five elements vanish; symbols of earth, water, fire, wind, and sky fade out; subtle glyphs for ahaṃkāra and mahat dissolve; only a vast ash-storm remains, suggesting Śiva’s wrath as impersonal cosmic force.
FAQs
All elements and even subtle principles dissolve; the seeker should rely on Śiva, the transcendental ground beyond tattvas.
The Kedāra Khaṇḍa setting (Kedāranātha/Himalayan tīrthas) frames the discourse, though this verse itself is metaphysical and cosmological.
None; it is a doctrinal description of dissolution.