Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 46
व्यतीता इह चत्वारः शेषे मोक्षस्ततः परम् । एवमायुरिदं दीर्घमेवं शापाच्च कूर्मता
vyatītā iha catvāraḥ śeṣe mokṣastataḥ param | evamāyuridaṃ dīrghamevaṃ śāpācca kūrmatā
এখানে চারটি কাল অতীত হয়েছে; অবশিষ্ট অংশে তার পরেই মোক্ষ লাভ হবে। এইভাবে আমার আয়ু দীর্ঘ হয়েছে—আর শাপের কারণেই এই কচ্ছপ-অবস্থা।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual attribution within Māheśvara-khaṇḍa)
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: A cursed being in tortoise-form speaks with weary clarity about time elapsed and the remaining span before liberation; the atmosphere is twilight-like, contemplative, with a sense of long endurance.
FAQs
Karmic conditions may endure for long spans, yet mokṣa remains the promised end when the residue is exhausted.
No specific site is praised in this verse; it continues the personal karmic account within the larger tīrtha narrative.
None; it speaks of time passed, remaining duration, and liberation.