Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 2
ब्रह्मांडांतरतः किं तु रुद्रं मन्यामहे वयम् । तदा चराचरं नष्टं ब्रह्मविष्णुपुरोगमम्
brahmāṃḍāṃtarataḥ kiṃ tu rudraṃ manyāmahe vayam | tadā carācaraṃ naṣṭaṃ brahmaviṣṇupurogamam
“Namun, di dalam brahmāṇḍa ini, di manakah kami harus memahami keberadaan Rudra? Sebab pada saat itu seluruh yang bergerak dan tak bergerak—dipimpin Brahmā dan Viṣṇu—telah musnah.”
Sages (Munis) addressing Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Munis (sages)
Scene: Sages gesture toward an imagined cosmic shell now empty; silhouettes of Brahmā and Viṣṇu fade like smoke; the question ‘where is Rudra?’ is visualized as an upward gaze into boundless space beyond the broken brahmāṇḍa.
FAQs
The sages probe the transcendence of Rudra—how the divine can remain when all cosmic supports collapse.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse is part of Kedāra Khaṇḍa’s doctrinal narrative arc.
None.