Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 9
अचंद्रमनहोरात्रमनग्न्यनिलभूतलम् । अप्रधानं वियच्छून्यमन्यतेजोविवर्धितम्
acaṃdramanahorātramanagnyanilabhūtalam | apradhānaṃ viyacchūnyamanyatejovivardhitam
نہ چاند تھا، نہ دن رات؛ نہ آگ، نہ ہوا، نہ زمین—نہ ظاہر شدہ پرادھان تत्त्व؛ آکاش خالی تھا اور صرف ایک غیر متعیّن نور ہی چھایا ہوا تھا۔
Skanda
Listener: Audience/sage
Scene: A timeless void: no moon, no alternation of day and night; the classical elements absent; an empty sky suffused with a single, formless radiance—like a pale, all-pervading glow without a source.
FAQs
The verse emphasizes the collapse of time, elements, and differentiation—pointing toward the transcendence that Mahātmya teachings often culminate in.
None explicitly; it continues the pralaya setting before the Kāśī-centered revelation.
None.