Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
तच्च द्वादशभिर्लक्षैर्वत्सराणां प्रकीर्तितम् । षण्णवत्या सहस्रैस्तु द्वितीयं युगमुत्तमम्
tacca dvādaśabhirlakṣairvatsarāṇāṃ prakīrtitam | ṣaṇṇavatyā sahasraistu dvitīyaṃ yugamuttamam
On déclare que ce premier âge s’étend sur douze lakhs d’années; et, avec quatre-vingt-seize mille de plus, on décrit le second yuga, excellent.
Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Scene: A sage points to a cosmic wheel (kāla-cakra) divided into yugas; numerals or symbolic lotuses indicate lakhs and thousands; stars and planetary bands surround the wheel, conveying vast duration.
FAQs
The Purāṇa frames dharma within vast cosmic time, reminding readers that moral decline and renewal unfold across measured yugas.
No specific tīrtha is named; the passage is cosmological (yuga-counting) within the Tīrthamāhātmya context.
None.