Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
अमरत्वं यतो नास्ति प्राणिनां भुवि शंकर । देवानामपि कल्पांते स कथं न मृतो मुनिः
amaratvaṃ yato nāsti prāṇināṃ bhuvi śaṃkara | devānāmapi kalpāṃte sa kathaṃ na mṛto muniḥ
“เพราะความเป็นอมตะย่อมไม่มีแก่สัตว์โลกบนแผ่นดินนี้ โอ้ศังกระ; แม้เหล่าเทวะก็ยังดับสูญเมื่อสิ้นกัลป์ แล้วมุนีนั้นเหตุใดจึงไม่ตาย?”
Devī
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaṅkara
Scene: Devī articulates a profound doubt: on earth none are immortal, and even gods perish at the end of an aeon—so how did the sage escape death? Śiva listens, poised to answer.
FAQs
Time consumes all conditioned beings; any victory over death must be grounded in divine grace and exceptional dharma.
Indirectly Prabhāsakṣetra, as the Māhātmya frames profound teachings on time, death, and Śiva’s salvific power.
None; the verse is a theological argument preparing for Īśvara’s explanation.