Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
सहस्रेण तु वर्षाणां तत्र स्याद्यौवनं नृणाम् । सहस्रपञ्चकं यावदूर्ध्वं वार्द्धक मुच्यते
sahasreṇa tu varṣāṇāṃ tatra syādyauvanaṃ nṛṇām | sahasrapañcakaṃ yāvadūrdhvaṃ vārddhaka mucyate
Dort währt die Jugend der Menschen tausend Jahre; und bis zu fünftausend Jahren darüber hinaus wird das Alter ferngehalten.
Bṛhaspati (implied narration to Indra in this adhyāya’s dialogue context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Elders with serene faces and youthful vigor walking in a sacred precinct; time personified held back at the boundary; a luminous aura over the landscape suggesting the slowing of decay.
FAQs
Sacred realms described in the Māhātmya literature symbolize extraordinary reward (phala) for dharmic striving and tīrtha merit.
The verse praises conditions “there” within Adhyāya 27’s sacred context; the named site is not present in this excerpt.
None directly; the verse describes the resulting benefit (phala) associated with the sacred context.