Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35
शृण्वेतत्कारणं शंभो एते प्राप्तास्तवांतिकम् । युगत्रये व्यतिक्रांते कृतादिद्वापरांतके
śṛṇvetatkāraṇaṃ śaṃbho ete prāptāstavāṃtikam | yugatraye vyatikrāṃte kṛtādidvāparāṃtake
हे शम्भो, यह कारण सुनिए कि हम आपके समीप क्यों आए हैं। जब कृत से आरम्भ होकर द्वापर के अन्त तक तीनों युग व्यतीत हो गए—
Ṛṣayaḥ (the sages) [addressing Brahmā with an honorific epithet as given in the verse]
Tirtha: Dvārakā (and its Kali-yuga relevance, implicit)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brahmā (addressed here as Śaṃbhu in the received verse-text)
Scene: A solemn assembly where sages begin to disclose a cosmic-time reason for their visit; the sky subtly darkens as if marking yuga’s end; Brahmā listens; the mood turns from greeting to epochal narration.
FAQs
Spiritual inquiry intensifies at transitions of cosmic time; seekers approach divine authority to understand dharma for the new age.
The discourse belongs to Dvārakā Māhātmya, setting up the Kali-yuga question that connects to Viṣṇu’s presence on earth (central to Dvārakā’s sanctity).
No ritual is prescribed; it introduces a yuga-based theological inquiry.