Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
एतद्विस्तरतः सर्वं ब्रूहि मे वदतां वर । कल्पान्ते यद्भवेत्कष्टं लोकानां तत्त्वमेव च
etadvistarataḥ sarvaṃ brūhi me vadatāṃ vara | kalpānte yadbhavetkaṣṭaṃ lokānāṃ tattvameva ca
হে বক্তাসকলৰ শ্ৰেষ্ঠ! এই সকলো কথা মোক বিস্তাৰে ক’বা—কল্পান্তত লোকসমূহৰ ওপৰত যি কষ্ট নামে, আৰু তাৰ অন্তৰ্নিহিত সত্য তত্ত্বও।
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Narmadeya context (prelude to kalpa/pralaya explanation)
Type: kshetra
Listener: The responding sage/brāhmaṇa (vaktṛ-śreṣṭha)
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira requests a full exposition: scenes of cosmic dissolution hinted—darkened skies, drying rivers, then renewal—while the sage prepares to teach the tattva behind kalpānta suffering.
FAQs
Purāṇas teach not only events but their tattva (inner meaning); understanding cosmic dissolution supports detachment and dharma-grounded living.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it frames the doctrinal and cosmological setting within the Revā Khaṇḍa.
None; this is a request for detailed teaching about kalpānta and its underlying truth.