Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43
असंख्येयाश्चन्द्रमसः संभवंति पुनःपुनः । विनश्यंति च देवेशि सर्वमन्वन्तरान्तरम्
asaṃkhyeyāścandramasaḥ saṃbhavaṃti punaḥpunaḥ | vinaśyaṃti ca deveśi sarvamanvantarāntaram
اے دیویشِی! بے شمار چاند بار بار پیدا ہوتے ہیں اور فنا بھی ہو جاتے ہیں؛ ایک منونتر سے دوسرے منونتر تک ہر چیز اسی طرح بدلتی رہتی ہے۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Deveśī (Devī)
Scene: A cosmic montage: innumerable moons appearing and vanishing between manvantaras, like beads on the thread of time; Śiva and Devī remain serene, representing the timeless witness.
FAQs
Impermanence applies even to cosmic structures; cycles of creation and dissolution underscore detachment and dharmic steadiness.
Prabhāsakṣetra, within the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa’s māhātmya discourse.
None; it is a cosmological statement about recurring creation and destruction.