Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 68
इयं कथं मोहितास्ति निर्गुणेन युगात्मिका । न श्रुतो न च विज्ञातो न दृष्टः केन वा शिवः
iyaṃ kathaṃ mohitāsti nirguṇena yugātmikā | na śruto na ca vijñāto na dṛṣṭaḥ kena vā śivaḥ
นางผู้เป็นดั่งสภาวะแห่งยุคทั้งหลาย จะหลงงงด้วยพระผู้ไร้คุณลักษณะ (นิรคุณ) ได้อย่างไร? พระศิวะไม่เคยได้ยินกล่าวถึง ไม่อาจรู้แจ้งแท้ และไม่มีผู้ใดได้เห็นเลย
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devī as embodiment of yugas stands amid a cosmic backdrop—wheels of time, stars—yet gazes toward an unseen Śiva; Śiva is suggested by a luminous void or liṅga-like radiance beyond form.
FAQs
Śiva is ultimately beyond sensory proof and conceptual grasp; devotion can arise even toward the nirguṇa reality.
The Kedāra sacred context frames the discourse, but this verse emphasizes theology rather than a named site.
None.