Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4
तदुद्दिष्टासनं भेजे पश्यंस्तत्क्रीडनं परम् । क्रीडंतौ तौ तु चाक्षाभ्यां यदा न च विरमेतुः
taduddiṣṭāsanaṃ bheje paśyaṃstatkrīḍanaṃ param | krīḍaṃtau tau tu cākṣābhyāṃ yadā na ca virametuḥ
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Skanda
Tirtha: Kailāsa (līlā-sthāna)
Type: peak
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Nārada sits on the indicated seat, watching Śiva and Devī engaged in an unceasing dice-game—an enigmatic, supreme play.
FAQs
The universe can be contemplated as divine līlā—God’s play—beyond ordinary limits of time and urgency.
Kailāsa/Śāmbhava abode remains the sacred locus of the narrative.
None; this is descriptive narration of the divine play.