Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7
सृष्टिप्रलय संज्ञौ द्वौ ग्लहौ जयपराजयौ । देवीजये भवेत्सृष्टिरसृष्टिर्धूर्जटेर्जये
sṛṣṭipralaya saṃjñau dvau glahau jayaparājayau | devījaye bhavetsṛṣṭirasṛṣṭirdhūrjaṭerjaye
ភ្នាល់ពីរនៅក្នុងល្បែងនេះ មាននាមថា «សೃષ્ટិ» និង «ប្រល័យ» គឺជាជ័យជម្នះ និងបរាជ័យ។ ពេលព្រះនាងទេវីឈ្នះ ការបង្កើតកើតឡើង; ពេលធូរ្ជដិ (ព្រះសិវៈ) ឈ្នះ នោះមានអសೃષ્ટិ—ការដកថយវិញ។
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.