Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48
सर्गे च रजसा पृक्तः सत्त्वस्थः परिपालने । प्रतिसर्गे तमोयुक्तः सोऽहं देवि त्रिधा स्थितः
sarge ca rajasā pṛktaḥ sattvasthaḥ paripālane | pratisarge tamoyuktaḥ so'haṃ devi tridhā sthitaḥ
Trong sự sáng tạo, Ta hòa cùng rajas; trong sự hộ trì, Ta an trụ nơi sattva; và trong sự tái tạo/thu nhiếp, Ta hiệp với tamas—vì thế, hỡi Devī, Ta hiện hữu theo ba phương diện.
Śiva (Maheśvara) speaking to Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Tripartite cosmic panel: creation in red-gold (rajas), preservation in luminous white-green (sattva), withdrawal in deep indigo (tamas); Śiva stands central, unifying all three as one being.
FAQs
The one Lord operates through the three guṇas to sustain the cosmos, teaching devotees to see divine governance within nature’s qualities.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, in whose Māhātmya Śiva’s cosmic functions are explained to deepen pilgrimage faith.
None; the verse provides metaphysical context rather than a vrata or dāna instruction.