Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32
त्वया वै धार्यते लोकास्त्वं कालः सर्वसंक्षयः । त्वया हि देव सृष्टास्ताः सर्वा वै देवयोनयः
tvayā vai dhāryate lokāstvaṃ kālaḥ sarvasaṃkṣayaḥ | tvayā hi deva sṛṣṭāstāḥ sarvā vai devayonayaḥ
โลกทั้งหลายดำรงอยู่ได้ด้วยพระองค์; พระองค์คือกาละ ผู้ทำให้สิ่งทั้งปวงเสื่อมสลาย. ด้วยพระองค์เอง ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้า หมู่เทพและสายสกุลทิพย์ทั้งปวงจึงถูกสร้างขึ้น.
A devotee/praiser in the Revā-khaṇḍa narrative (speaker not explicitly named in the excerpt)
Scene: The Lord in cosmic form holds the worlds like spheres within His aura; a dark yet luminous Kāla aspect stands behind as a shadow of dissolution; streams of devas emerge like rays from the deity’s heart-lotus.
FAQs
The Supreme Lord is both the sustaining power of the cosmos and the ultimate principle of time and dissolution.
The verse is situated in Revā-khaṇḍa but does not name a particular tīrtha in this line.
None; it is a cosmological assertion meant to intensify devotion and reverence.