Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43
असंख्येयाश्चन्द्रमसः संभवंति पुनःपुनः । विनश्यंति च देवेशि सर्वमन्वन्तरान्तरम्
asaṃkhyeyāścandramasaḥ saṃbhavaṃti punaḥpunaḥ | vinaśyaṃti ca deveśi sarvamanvantarāntaram
தேவேசி, எண்ணற்ற சந்திரர்கள் மீண்டும் மீண்டும் தோன்றுகின்றனர்; மேலும் அழிகின்றனவும்—ஒரு மன்வந்தரத்திலிருந்து அடுத்த மன்வந்தரத்திற்கு அனைத்தும் இப்படியே நடைபெறும்.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Deveśī (Devī)
Scene: A cosmic montage: innumerable moons appearing and vanishing between manvantaras, like beads on the thread of time; Śiva and Devī remain serene, representing the timeless witness.
FAQs
Impermanence applies even to cosmic structures; cycles of creation and dissolution underscore detachment and dharmic steadiness.
Prabhāsakṣetra, within the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa’s māhātmya discourse.
None; it is a cosmological statement about recurring creation and destruction.