असंख्याताश्च कल्पाख्या असंख्याताः पितामहाः । हरयश्चाप्यसंख्याता एक एव महेश्वरः
asaṃkhyātāśca kalpākhyā asaṃkhyātāḥ pitāmahāḥ | harayaścāpyasaṃkhyātā eka eva maheśvaraḥ
અસંખ્ય કલ્પચક્રો છે, અસંખ્ય પિતામહો (બ્રહ્માઓ) છે. અસંખ્ય હરિઓ (વિષ્ણુઓ) પણ છે—પરંતુ મહેશ્વર એક જ છે.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī/Pārvatī
Scene: A cosmic tableau: innumerable kalpas and deity-forms receding into vastness, while a single radiant Maheśvara stands unmoving as the axis of all worlds.
Amid endless cosmic cycles and manifestations, the supreme principle is singular—Maheśvara as the unchanging reality.
Prabhāsakṣetra; the māhātmya uses cosmology to magnify Shaiva supremacy within the sacred landscape.
None; it is a theological proclamation emphasizing Śiva’s oneness.
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