Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38
ब्रह्मादीन्संहरेत्प्रांते तथापि च न पातकी । पुण्यलेशोपि नास्त्यस्मिन्ब्रह्ममौलिच्छिदिक्रुधा
brahmādīnsaṃharetprāṃte tathāpi ca na pātakī | puṇyaleśopi nāstyasminbrahmamaulicchidikrudhā
जरी शेवटी त्याने ब्रह्मा इत्यादींचा संहार केला, तरीही तो पापी ठरत नाही. ब्रह्मदेवाचे मस्तक छेदणाऱ्या क्रोधामुळे त्याच्यात पुण्याचा लवलेशही नाही.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmic tableau: Śiva’s fierce, crown-splitting energy (symbolic) towering over Brahmā and other deities, while the sage-like stillness of transcendence pervades Kāśī’s sacred skyline.
FAQs
The Supreme Lord is beyond the dualities of merit and sin; cosmic acts like dissolution are expressions of divine order, not moral fault.
Kāśī is the macro-context; the verse supplies Śaiva doctrinal grounding rather than a localized tīrtha description.
None; it is a theological assertion about the Lord’s transcendence of karma.