Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 13
मनसीति विचारोभूद्देवस्य परमात्मनः । बुद्धिवैभवमस्याहो वीक्षितुं परमेष्ठिनः
manasīti vicārobhūddevasya paramātmanaḥ | buddhivaibhavamasyāho vīkṣituṃ parameṣṭhinaḥ
Isang pag-iisip ang sumibol sa puso ng Diyos na siyang Kataas-taasang Sarili: “Ah! Nawa’y mamasdan Ko ang ningning ng talino ni Brahmā.”
Skanda (continuing explanation), presented in narrative style
Listener: Agastya
Scene: A subtle, almost invisible scene: the Supreme Lord’s inner thought arising—depicted as a luminous aura or a calm-faced deity in meditation, with a distant vision of four-faced Brahmā’s brilliance.
FAQs
The cosmos is guided by conscious divine intention; even creation’s hierarchy is framed as purposeful līlā revealing capacities and limits.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the teaching appears within the Kāśī-centered Purāṇic discourse.
None.