Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7
सृष्टिप्रलय संज्ञौ द्वौ ग्लहौ जयपराजयौ । देवीजये भवेत्सृष्टिरसृष्टिर्धूर्जटेर्जये
sṛṣṭipralaya saṃjñau dvau glahau jayaparājayau | devījaye bhavetsṛṣṭirasṛṣṭirdhūrjaṭerjaye
遊戯の二つの賭けは「創造」と「壊滅」と呼ばれ、勝利と敗北である。女神が勝てば創造が起こり、ドゥールジャティ（シヴァ）が勝てば無創造――収斂し退く。
Nārada
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages in the listening assembly
Scene: Two symbolic stakes labeled ‘Sṛṣṭi’ and ‘Pralaya’ set beside a divine game; Devī’s ‘win’ radiates worlds emerging, while Śiva’s ‘win’ shows worlds dissolving into stillness; Kāśī’s skyline anchors the vision.
FAQs
Creation and dissolution are not random; they are governed by the harmonious sovereignty of Śiva and Śakti.
No distinct tīrtha is specified; the verse teaches cosmic principles within the Kailāsa narrative context.
None; it is theological cosmology expressed through metaphor.