Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37
आवयोरंतरं कोसौ बिभृयात्पुरुषाकृतिम् । विधिः संभावयेद्यावत्तावत्स हि विलोकितः
āvayoraṃtaraṃ kosau bibhṛyātpuruṣākṛtim | vidhiḥ saṃbhāvayedyāvattāvatsa hi vilokitaḥ
“Trong khoảng giữa hai chúng ta, ai có thể mang hình tướng như người?”—Phạm Thiên (Vidhī) còn suy niệm như thế bao lâu, thì bấy lâu Ngài vẫn chăm chú nhìn kỳ cảnh ấy.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/seekers
Scene: Brahmā, poised between authority and bewilderment, stares upward into the radiant interspace, lips parted as if questioning; the central light holds a faint anthropomorphic outline.
FAQs
The finite intellect is stunned before the Infinite; divine manifestation exceeds ordinary categories.
The episode belongs to Kāśī-māhātmya, reinforcing Kāśī as the sphere of Śiva’s direct sovereignty.
None; the verse is contemplative and narrative.