Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37
एतत्सृजामि पाम्यद्मि त्वल्लीलाप्रेरितोंगने । कुतो मां हातुमिच्छेस्त्वं मम वामार्धधारिणि
etatsṛjāmi pāmyadmi tvallīlāpreritoṃgane | kuto māṃ hātumicchestvaṃ mama vāmārdhadhāriṇi
ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າສ້າງສິ່ງນີ້, ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າປົກປ້ອງ, ແລະຂ້າພະເຈົ້າກືນກິນຄືນ—ໂອ ນາງຜູ້ເປັນທີ່ຮັກ—ໂດຍຖືກຜັກດັນດ້ວຍລີລາອັນເທວະຂອງພຣະອົງ. ຈະເປັນໄປໄດ້ແນວໃດທີ່ພຣະອົງຈະປາດຖະໜາຈາກຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ, ຜູ້ທີ່ສະຖິດເປັນຄື່ງຊ້າຍຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ?
Śiva
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrim-audience / interlocutor in Kāśī-khaṇḍa frame
Scene: Śiva speaks as cosmic lord yet lover, declaring he creates, protects, and dissolves under Śakti’s līlā; he questions how she could leave when she is his left half—evoking Ardhanārīśvara symbolism.
FAQs
Creation, preservation, and dissolution occur through the inseparable unity of Śiva and Śakti.
The Kāśī Khaṇḍa context frames Kāśī as the sacred land where the Ardhanārīśvara truth is contemplated.
None; it is a metaphysical affirmation supporting Śiva–Śakti worship and contemplation.