Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 8
महाप्रलय काले च नष्टे स्थावरजंगमे । आसीत्तमोमयं सर्वमनर्कग्रहतारकम्
mahāpralaya kāle ca naṣṭe sthāvarajaṃgame | āsīttamomayaṃ sarvamanarkagrahatārakam
E no tempo do grande pralaya, quando pereceram o imóvel e o móvel, tudo se tornou apenas trevas, sem sol, sem planetas nem estrelas.
Skanda
Listener: Inquiring audience/sage
Scene: A vast void after dissolution: no sun, planets, or stars; the world submerged in thick darkness; no living beings, no mountains, no trees—only an endless black expanse suggesting cosmic sleep.
FAQs
The Mahātmya sets Kāśī’s teaching against cosmic impermanence: even worlds dissolve, preparing the theme of an enduring sacred principle.
Not named in this verse; it functions as cosmological backdrop for the Avimukta/Kāśī narrative.
None; it is descriptive cosmology.