Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10
नापचीयेत ते किंचिन्नोपचीयेत तत्त्वतः । अव्ययत्वाच्च पूर्णत्वाद्धानिवृद्धी कृतस्त्वयि
nāpacīyeta te kiṃcinnopacīyeta tattvataḥ | avyayatvācca pūrṇatvāddhānivṛddhī kṛtastvayi
اے پروردگار! حقیقت میں نہ آپ میں کوئی کمی آتی ہے نہ کوئی اضافہ؛ کیونکہ آپ لازوال اور ہمیشہ کامل ہیں۔ ‘نقصان’ اور ‘نفع’ تو محض وہم ہیں جو آپ پر منسوب کیے جاتے ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa norm: Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A contemplative teaching scene in Kāśī: Śiva as luminous, unchanging center while the world’s symbols of gain and loss (scales, coins, fading garlands) swirl like shadows around Him; a devotee realizes their illusory nature.
FAQs
Śiva/Mahākāla is beyond change; worldly categories like increase and decrease do not apply to the Absolute.
The broader frame is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), where Mahākāla/Śiva is praised as the timeless Lord.
None directly; the verse is doctrinal, establishing Śiva’s unchanging nature as the basis for devotion.