Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52
रथंतरस्य कल्पस्य वृत्तान्तमधिकृत्य च । सावर्णिना नारदाय कृष्णमाहात्म्यसंयुतम् । प्रोक्तं ब्रह्मवराहस्य चरितं वर्ण्यतेऽत्र च
rathaṃtarasya kalpasya vṛttāntamadhikṛtya ca | sāvarṇinā nāradāya kṛṣṇamāhātmyasaṃyutam | proktaṃ brahmavarāhasya caritaṃ varṇyate'tra ca
রথন্তর কল্পের বৃত্তান্ত অবলম্বন করে সাবর্ণি নারদকে কৃষ্ণ-মাহাত্ম্যসহ উপদেশ দিয়েছিলেন; এখানে ব্রহ্ম-বরাহের চরিতও বর্ণিত হয়েছে।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nārada
Scene: Sāvarṇi (as Manu/ṛṣi figure) instructs Nārada holding a vīṇā; behind them appear vignettes: Kṛṣṇa’s glory and Varāha lifting the earth, arranged like panels of a cosmic chronicle.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives connect cosmic cycles (kalpas) with devotion, presenting Kṛṣṇa and Varāha as sources of dharma and protection.
The verse sits within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, where sacred narration itself is treated as part of the site’s glory.
No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse frames the subject matter—kalpa history and divine māhātmya—being recounted.