Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43
युगांते चांतको यश्च यश्च लोकांतकांतकः । सेतुर्यो लोकसत्तानां मेध्यो यो मेध्यकर्मणाम्
yugāṃte cāṃtako yaśca yaśca lokāṃtakāṃtakaḥ | seturyo lokasattānāṃ medhyo yo medhyakarmaṇām
ਜੋ ਯੁਗਾਂਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਅੰਤ ਬਣਦਾ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਜੋ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦੇ ਅੰਤ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ ਦੇ ਵੀ ਅੰਤ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਹੈ। ਜੋ ਲੋਕ-ਜੀਵਾਂ ਲਈ ਸੇਤੂ (ਪੁਲ) ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਜੋ ਪਵਿਤ੍ਰ ਕਰਮ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਿਆਂ ਲਈ ਆਪ ਹੀ ਪਵਿਤ੍ਰਤਾ ਹੈ।
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Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A powerful deity stands between stormy cosmic dissolution and a luminous path: on one side, dark yuga-end clouds; on the other, a shining bridge over turbulent waters carrying beings toward safety; ritual vessels and white garments symbolize medhya purity.
FAQs
The Lord governs cosmic endings and also provides the saving ‘bridge’ for beings, purifying even ritual action through His presence.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the contextual sacred landscape in which these epithets are invoked.
No specific rite is commanded, but ‘medhya-karman’ alludes to sacrificial/purificatory actions whose sanctity depends on divine purity.
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