Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7
यदेतच्छतसाहस्रं जम्बूद्वीपं निगद्यते । सर्वमेव तदुच्छन्नं समाधृष्य नृपोत्तम
yadetacchatasāhasraṃ jambūdvīpaṃ nigadyate | sarvameva taducchannaṃ samādhṛṣya nṛpottama
হে নৃপশ্রেষ্ঠ! যে জম্বুদ্বীপকে ‘শতসহস্র’ বিস্তৃত বলা হয়, তা চারিদিক থেকে আক্রান্ত হলে সম্পূর্ণরূপে উজাড় ও বিনষ্ট হয়ে গেল।
Deductive (Revā Khaṇḍa narrative voice addressing a king; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa narrating)
Listener: nṛpottama (a best of kings)
Scene: A map-like cosmic panorama of Jambūdvīpa being engulfed from all sides—waves of dark forces closing in; a king listening to a sage/narrator in the foreground as the vision unfolds.
FAQs
Even the vast human world (Jambūdvīpa) is impermanent and vulnerable when adharma triggers cosmic upheaval.
No specific tīrtha; the verse references Purāṇic cosmography (Jambūdvīpa) within the Revā Khaṇḍa.
None.