Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62
प्रयत्नेन मया सृष्टा सा सृष्टिस्त्वदनुज्ञया । अवृष्ट्या षष्टिहायिन्या तत्र नष्टाऽप्रजा भुवि
prayatnena mayā sṛṣṭā sā sṛṣṭistvadanujñayā | avṛṣṭyā ṣaṣṭihāyinyā tatra naṣṭā'prajā bhuvi
“Sa buong pagsisikap, aking nilikha ang sangnilikha, at ito’y naganap sa Iyong pahintulot. Ngunit dahil sa kawalan ng ulan sa loob ng animnapung taon, napuksa ang mga nilalang sa lupa, at ang daigdig ay nawalan ng mga nasasakupan.”
Brahmā
Scene: Brahmā describes a parched earth: cracked ground, withered trees, empty rivers; the sorrow of a world without subjects is conveyed as he petitions Śiva for a remedy.
FAQs
Creation depends on sustaining order (like timely rains); when balance fails, life collapses—prompting appeal to the divine source of restoration.
The narrative is embedded in Kāśī/Avimukta’s theological frame, though the verse describes a cosmic-earthly crisis rather than a local tīrtha.
None directly; it narrates drought and loss of beings.