Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
अहमाद्यः पुमानेको मया सृष्टो भवानपि । स्रष्टुमिच्छामि भूयोऽपि भूतग्रामं चतुर्विधम्
ahamādyaḥ pumāneko mayā sṛṣṭo bhavānapi | sraṣṭumicchāmi bhūyo'pi bhūtagrāmaṃ caturvidham
मैं ही आदि एकमात्र पुरुष हूँ; तुम भी मेरे द्वारा रचे गए हो। मैं फिर से चार प्रकार के समस्त प्राणियों की सृष्टि करना चाहता हूँ।
Govinda (Viṣṇu)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (addressed as rājan)
Scene: A luminous primeval figure asserting creative sovereignty, gesturing toward the emergence of the fourfold host of beings; cosmic space with subtle elements forming.
FAQs
The Purāṇa presents creation as proceeding from the Supreme’s will; all secondary creators function within that higher sovereignty.
No site is named here; the verse is theological, embedded within the Arbuda narrative frame.
None is stated in this verse.
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