Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
अन्यो विष्णुश्च भवति अन्यो ब्रह्मा भवत्यपि । कल्पे कल्पे मया सृष्टः कल्पे विष्णुः प्रजापतिः
anyo viṣṇuśca bhavati anyo brahmā bhavatyapi | kalpe kalpe mayā sṛṣṭaḥ kalpe viṣṇuḥ prajāpatiḥ
“Pada setiap kalpa ada Viṣṇu yang berbeda, dan pada setiap kalpa ada Brahmā yang berbeda pula. Dalam tiap kalpa, oleh-Ku lahir Viṣṇu dan Prajāpati, penguasa makhluk.”
Śiva (Śaṅkara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Śiva explains that in each kalpa a different Viṣṇu and Brahmā arise, created by him; a cosmic wheel of time turns behind the divine pair in dialogue.
FAQs
All cosmic roles are cyclical and contingent; the text presents Śiva as the steady ground from which these functions arise.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the setting for Śiva’s doctrinal revelation connected with Kālāgniliṅga.
No ritual act is prescribed in this verse.