Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 52
कालः करालको बालः को मृत्युः को यमाधमः । शिवविष्णुपराणां हि नराणां किं भयं भवेत्
kālaḥ karālako bālaḥ ko mṛtyuḥ ko yamādhamaḥ | śivaviṣṇuparāṇāṃ hi narāṇāṃ kiṃ bhayaṃ bhavet
شیو اور وشنو کے پرستاروں کے لیے ہولناک زمانہ بھی بچے سا ہو جاتا ہے—موت کیا ہے، اور وہ پست یم کیا؟ اُن کے لیے پھر کون سا خوف باقی رہتا ہے؟
Deductively: Skanda
Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa (Hari-Hara bhakti zone)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Personified Kāla, once terrifying, appears as a harmless child; Mṛtyu and Yama shrink in stature before devotees radiant with Hari-Hara devotion, standing on a riverbank shrine platform.
FAQs
Devotion to Śiva and Viṣṇu grants spiritual fearlessness, making even Time and Death powerless.
The Revā Khaṇḍa context connects the teaching to pilgrimage spirituality on the Revā/Narmadā banks.
No specific rite; the prescription is parāyaṇatā—steadfast devotion to Śiva and Viṣṇu.