Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 64
वामबाहुर्मदीयस्त्वं दक्षिणोसौ पितामहः । अस्यापि हि विधेः पाता जनितापि भविष्यसि
vāmabāhurmadīyastvaṃ dakṣiṇosau pitāmahaḥ | asyāpi hi vidheḥ pātā janitāpi bhaviṣyasi
พระองค์คือแขนซ้ายของข้าพเจ้า และปิตามหะ (พรหมา) นั้นคือแขนขวา แท้จริงพระองค์จักเป็นทั้งผู้พิทักษ์ และในนัยหนึ่งจักเป็นผู้ให้กำเนิดแก่ผู้บัญญัติ (พรหมา) ผู้นี้ด้วย
Śiva (Hara)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and other Ṛṣis (contextual)
Scene: A symbolic cosmic body: the speaker identifies Viṣṇu as the left arm and Brahmā as the right; Brahmā appears as the ordained creator, while Viṣṇu stands as protector, all within a single radiant mandala suggesting one integrated divinity.
FAQs
The Purāṇic vision presents coordinated divine functions—protection, creation, and governance—within a unified sacred order.
The verse occurs within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, whose central glorification is Kāśī as a supreme liberating realm.
No ritual instruction appears; it is theological, describing divine roles and relationships.