Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19
सप्तकल्पक्षया घोरा मया दृष्टाः पुनःपुनः । प्रसादाद्देवदेवस्य विष्णोश्च परमेष्ठिनः
saptakalpakṣayā ghorā mayā dṛṣṭāḥ punaḥpunaḥ | prasādāddevadevasya viṣṇośca parameṣṭhinaḥ
Durch die Gnade des Gottes der Götter — Viṣṇu, des höchsten Herrn — habe ich immer wieder die schrecklichen Vernichtungen am Ende von sieben Kalpas geschaut.
A narrator-sage (speaker within Revā Khaṇḍa dialogue; not explicit in the snippet)
Listener: Nareśvara (king)
Scene: A visionary seer recounts witnessing repeated, terrifying dissolutions at the end of seven kalpas, granted by Viṣṇu’s grace; cosmic darkness, collapsing worlds, and a steady divine presence implied.
FAQs
Even terrifying cosmic cycles are comprehensible only through divine grace; the Lord remains the ultimate refuge beyond time.
The verse sits within the Revā Khaṇḍa framework that ultimately glorifies the sanctity of the Revā (Narmadā) region, though this specific line focuses on cosmic events.
No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse.