Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 131
ततो भगवती प्राह प्रहसंती महेश्वरम् । त्वमेव जगतः स्रष्टा संहर्ता चैव रक्षकः
tato bhagavatī prāha prahasaṃtī maheśvaram | tvameva jagataḥ sraṣṭā saṃhartā caiva rakṣakaḥ
Kemudian Sang Dewi Yang Mulia, sambil tersenyum, berkata kepada Maheśvara: “Engkaulah sahaja pencipta jagat, pemusnahnya, dan juga pelindungnya.”
Pārvatī (Bhagavatī)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devī, smiling gently, addresses Maheśvara with a hymn-like declaration of his cosmic functions; the setting evokes a sacred kṣetra atmosphere with attendant devas in reverent stillness.
FAQs
Śiva is affirmed as the ultimate ground of cosmic functions—creation, protection, and dissolution—worthy of complete surrender.
The teaching occurs within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
No explicit rite is prescribed; it is a theological proclamation supporting devotion at the sacred site.