Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23
अगाधे भ्रमते सोऽपि तमोभूते महार्णवे । अविश्रमन्मुहूर्तं तु चक्रारूढ इव भ्रमन्
agādhe bhramate so'pi tamobhūte mahārṇave | aviśramanmuhūrtaṃ tu cakrārūḍha iva bhraman
Lui aussi errait dans ce grand océan insondable, empli de ténèbres ; sans se reposer un seul instant, il tournoyait comme s’il était juché sur une roue.
A narrator-sage addressing a king
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied interlocutor; immediate address ‘Bhārata’ appears in adjacent verse
Scene: A lone figure tossed in a boundless black ocean, the waters swirling like a wheel; no horizon, only darkness and rotational motion.
FAQs
In the absence of divine anchoring, beings are tossed helplessly by time and circumstance.
None directly; it remains part of the pralaya narrative frame within Revā Khaṇḍa.
None.