Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 39
स एव सर्वं कुरुते स एव परिपाति च । स एव संवृणोत्यंते सर्वैश्वर्यनिधिः स च
sa eva sarvaṃ kurute sa eva paripāti ca | sa eva saṃvṛṇotyaṃte sarvaiśvaryanidhiḥ sa ca
وہی سب کچھ انجام دیتا ہے؛ وہی حفاظت کرتا ہے۔ اور آخرکار وہی سب کو سمیٹ لیتا ہے—وہی تمام اقتدار و فیضِ ربّانی کا خزانہ ہے۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: A cosmic tableau: the Lord as the hidden center—hands symbolically creating, protecting, and drawing the universe back—while Kāśī’s sacred skyline sits beneath as a microcosm of the whole.
FAQs
The Lord is affirmed as the sole doer—creator, protector, and the one who withdraws all at the end—supporting surrender and trust.
Not a specific tīrtha in this verse; it provides the theological foundation that undergirds Kāśī’s māhātmya.
None; it is a doctrinal statement about Īśvara’s supremacy.