Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15
एक एव तदा देवो जले शेते महेश्वरः । जागर्ति च यदा देवः स्वेच्छया कौतुकात्ततः
eka eva tadā devo jale śete maheśvaraḥ | jāgarti ca yadā devaḥ svecchayā kautukāttataḥ
En ce temps-là, le Dieu unique—Maheśvara—reposait seul sur les eaux. Et lorsque ce Deva s’éveille, de sa propre volonté et par sa līlā divine (jeu sacré), alors commence le déploiement ultérieur.
Sārasvata
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A boundless dark-blue pralaya ocean; Mahādeva alone reclines/abides upon the waters in yogic stillness; a subtle awakening—eyes opening—suggests the first stir of creation from his will.
FAQs
The ultimate source is one divine reality; cosmic manifestation proceeds from the Lord’s free will, not from compulsion.
The verse is cosmological rather than topographical; it undergirds the authority of the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra māhātmya section.
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