Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32
अहो ह्यनंतवीर्यस्य मायामाश्रित्य तिष्ठतः । अनंता सर्वकर्तृत्वे प्रवृत्तिर्दृश्यतामिय म्
aho hyanaṃtavīryasya māyāmāśritya tiṣṭhataḥ | anaṃtā sarvakartṛtve pravṛttirdṛśyatāmiya m
அஹோ! மாயையை ஆதாரமாகக் கொண்டு நிலைத்திருக்கும் அந்த அளவற்ற வீரியமுடைய பரமனின்—சர்வகர்த்தൃത്വத்தில் இவ்வளவற்ற செயற்பாடு உலகில் காணப்படுகிறது.
Narrator (contextual; not explicit in the verse)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmic tableau: Kṛṣṇa as serene center, with a translucent veil labeled ‘Māyā’ (symbolic) from which countless activities—creation, protection, governance—radiate like spokes, while his face remains शांत and unperturbed.
FAQs
All cosmic activity is ultimately grounded in the Lord’s power, operating through Māyā; the devotee learns to see divine governance behind appearances.
The passage belongs to Dvārakā Māhātmya; the site-context is Dvārakā, though this verse highlights doctrine rather than a landmark.
None; it is a theological observation about Māyā and universal doership.