Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । सप्तकल्पक्षया घोरास्त्वया दृष्टा महामुने । न चापीहास्ति भगवन्दीर्घायुरिह कश्चन
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | saptakalpakṣayā ghorāstvayā dṛṣṭā mahāmune | na cāpīhāsti bhagavandīrghāyuriha kaścana
قال يودهيشثيرا: أيها الحكيم العظيم، لقد شهدتَ الانحلالات الرهيبة لسبع كَلْبَاتٍ. ومع ذلك، يا جليل القدر، لا يوجد هنا أحدٌ ذو عمرٍ مديد.
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā (contextual)
Type: river
Listener: Mahāmuni (the sage addressed; likely the narrator of Revā-khaṇḍa within the frame)
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, solemn and troubled, questions an ancient sage whose eyes suggest kalpa-witnessing; the scene is shaded with dusk tones, hinting at impermanence.
FAQs
Human life is short, so one should seek enduring spiritual merit through Dharma and tīrtha-oriented devotion rather than worldly certainty.
The immediate verse is an inquiry; the broader chapter sits in Revā Khaṇḍa, oriented toward the sanctity of the Revā/Narmadā region.
None in this verse; it sets up a teaching-response.