Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 101
यथास्य जगतो ब्रूषे नास्ति हेतुर्महेश्वरः । तद्बालभाषितं तुभ्यं किं राजानं विना प्रजाः
yathāsya jagato brūṣe nāsti heturmaheśvaraḥ | tadbālabhāṣitaṃ tubhyaṃ kiṃ rājānaṃ vinā prajāḥ
ഈ ലോകത്തിന് കാരണമില്ല, മഹേശ്വരൻ ഇല്ല എന്നു നീ പറയുന്നത് ബാലഭാഷിതമാണ്; പറയുക, രാജാവില്ലാതെ പ്രജകൾ എങ്ങനെ ഉണ്ടാകും?
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Scene: A debate scene: a Śaiva teacher challenges a skeptic; behind them a symbolic cosmic order appears—Śiva as sovereign, with the universe arranged like a well-ruled kingdom.
FAQs
The universe is not causeless; acknowledging Maheśvara as the sustaining principle is presented as mature, dharmic understanding.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it serves as a theological preface to later site-specific liṅga glories.
None directly; the verse frames the logic that supports liṅga worship and later prescriptions.