Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62
प्रयत्नेन मया सृष्टा सा सृष्टिस्त्वदनुज्ञया । अवृष्ट्या षष्टिहायिन्या तत्र नष्टाऽप्रजा भुवि
prayatnena mayā sṛṣṭā sā sṛṣṭistvadanujñayā | avṛṣṭyā ṣaṣṭihāyinyā tatra naṣṭā'prajā bhuvi
आपकी अनुमति से मैंने प्रयत्नपूर्वक सृष्टि रची। परन्तु साठ वर्षों तक वर्षा न होने से पृथ्वी पर प्रजाएँ नष्ट हो गईं और जगत् निरप्रजा हो गया।
Brahmā
Scene: Brahmā describes a parched earth: cracked ground, withered trees, empty rivers; the sorrow of a world without subjects is conveyed as he petitions Śiva for a remedy.
FAQs
Creation depends on sustaining order (like timely rains); when balance fails, life collapses—prompting appeal to the divine source of restoration.
The narrative is embedded in Kāśī/Avimukta’s theological frame, though the verse describes a cosmic-earthly crisis rather than a local tīrtha.
None directly; it narrates drought and loss of beings.
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