Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22
श्रीपार्वत्युवाच । तव सर्वग सर्वमस्ति हस्ते विलसद्योग वियोग एव कस्ते । तव भूतिरहो विभूतिदात्री सकलापत्कलिकापि भूतधात्री
śrīpārvatyuvāca | tava sarvaga sarvamasti haste vilasadyoga viyoga eva kaste | tava bhūtiraho vibhūtidātrī sakalāpatkalikāpi bhūtadhātrī
ଶ୍ରୀ ପାର୍ବତୀ କହିଲେ—ହେ ସର୍ବଗ! ସବୁକିଛି ତୁମ ହାତରେ—ଯୋଗ ଓ ବିୟୋଗ ମଧ୍ୟ। ତୁମ ପାଇଁ ‘ବିୟୋଗ’ କିଏ କରିପାରିବ? ଅହୋ, ତୁମ ଶକ୍ତି ବିଭୂତିଦାତ୍ରୀ; ସେଇ ସକଳ ଆପତ୍କଲିକାକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଧାରଣ କରେ ଏବଂ ସମସ୍ତ ଭୂତଙ୍କର ଧାତ୍ରୀ।
Pārvatī
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva
Scene: Pārvatī speaks with confident reverence, praising Śiva’s all-pervading sovereignty; the cosmos appears subtly held in his palm—yoga and viyoga as play within his control.
FAQs
The Supreme governs both union and separation; divine power sustains the cosmos and even the hardships of time, urging surrender to Śiva’s will.
No site is named here; it functions as theological framing within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative that glorifies Kāśī.
None; it is stuti (praise) and philosophical reassurance.