Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24
एवमेतज्जगद्देवि उत्पत्तिस्थितिलक्षणम् । यत्रैवोत्पद्यते कृत्स्नं पुनस्तत्रैव लीयते
evametajjagaddevi utpattisthitilakṣaṇam | yatraivotpadyate kṛtsnaṃ punastatraiva līyate
हे देवी! हे संपूर्ण जग उत्पत्ती व स्थिती या लक्षणांनी युक्त आहे; जिथे ते पूर्णपणे उत्पन्न होते, तिथेच ते पुन्हा लीन होते।
Śiva (deduced from Devī’s subsequent reply in 26 and the address 'Mahēśvara' later)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: A cosmic diagram-like vision: worlds emanate from a single luminous source and fold back into it, while Śiva explains to Devī the marks of creation, maintenance, and dissolution.
FAQs
All manifested existence arises from a single source and inevitably returns to it—cultivating detachment and devotion to the Supreme.
The broader frame is Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa), though this verse states a universal cosmological principle rather than a local rite.
None in this verse; it is a doctrinal statement on cosmic cycles.