Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25
सर्वेषां शासकश्चासौ तस्य शास्ता न चापरः । स्वयं सृजति भूतानि स्वयं पाति तथात्ति च
sarveṣāṃ śāsakaścāsau tasya śāstā na cāparaḥ | svayaṃ sṛjati bhūtāni svayaṃ pāti tathātti ca
وہی سب کا حاکم ہے؛ اس پر کوئی اور حاکم نہیں۔ وہ خود ہی مخلوقات کو پیدا کرتا ہے، خود ہی ان کی پرورش و حفاظت کرتا ہے، اور خود ہی آخرکار انہیں سمیٹ (فنا) کر دیتا ہے۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta) under Viśveśa’s sovereignty
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇic audience
Scene: Triptych-like cosmic scene centered on Viśveśa: from his will arise beings (sṛṣṭi), under his gaze they are sustained (sthiti), and into his radiance they dissolve (saṃhāra), all under a single sovereign presence.
FAQs
The Lord is the single ultimate authority who performs creation, protection, and dissolution—encouraging exclusive refuge (śaraṇāgati).
The verse supports the Kāśī-centered praise of Viśveśvara by describing his universal lordship, though no tirtha-name appears.
None; it is a doctrinal statement about divine functions.