Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 85
तेषां निवसतां तत्र बहुकालो गतः प्रिये । पुत्रपौत्रैः प्रवृद्धास्ते दारुकं व्याप्य संस्थिताः
teṣāṃ nivasatāṃ tatra bahukālo gataḥ priye | putrapautraiḥ pravṛddhāste dārukaṃ vyāpya saṃsthitāḥ
প্ৰিয়ে, তাত বাস কৰোঁতে কৰোঁতে বহু সময় পাৰ হ’ল। পুত্ৰ-পৌত্ৰেৰে তেওঁলোক বৃদ্ধি পালে, দাৰুকত বিস্তাৰ হৈ তাতেই স্থিতি ল’লে।
Uncertain from snippet (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; likely Sūta continuing the account)
Scene: A peaceful settlement scene in Dāruka: families with children and elders, huts or early townscape amid forested groves; a sacred waterbody or shrine nearby; time passing suggested by seasonal changes.
FAQs
Residence near sanctified regions is portrayed as life-sustaining and prosperity-giving, supporting continuity of family and community.
The verse situates the narrative in the wider Prabhāsa sacred landscape, naming Dāruka as a significant locality.
None; it is narrative description of long residence and flourishing lineage in a named region.