Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 105
शिवस्य च तथा शक्तेरंतरं नास्ति पार्वति । न तदस्ति महादेवि यन्न जानासि शोभने
śivasya ca tathā śakteraṃtaraṃ nāsti pārvati | na tadasti mahādevi yanna jānāsi śobhane
ಹೇ ಪಾರ್ವತಿ! ಶಿವನಿಗೂ ಶಕ್ತಿಗೂ ಮಧ್ಯೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ಅಂತರವಿಲ್ಲ. ಹೇ ಮಹಾದೇವಿ, ಹೇ ಶೋಭನೆ! ನೀನು ತಿಳಿಯದದ್ದು ಏನೂ ಇಲ್ಲ.
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: Śiva calmly instructs Pārvatī: no gap exists between them; the composition emphasizes symmetry—two forms sharing one aura—suggesting abheda rather than duality.
FAQs
Śiva and Śakti are inseparable; the divine reality is one, expressed as consciousness and power.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha) is the narrative setting of this māhātmya section.
No ritual is prescribed here; the verse teaches doctrine (abheda) and divine omniscience.