Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 15
आसुतीवलमाधाय भुवि धक्ष्यति संप्रति । इति वाक्यावसाने तु कूर्मस्य कुरुसत्तम
āsutīvalamādhāya bhuvi dhakṣyati saṃprati | iti vākyāvasāne tu kūrmasya kurusattama
Dengan mengerahkan daya dorongan yang cepat dan dahsyat, ia kini akan membakar (aku) di atas bumi. Setelah Sang Kūrma mengakhiri ucapannya demikian, wahai yang terbaik di antara para Kuru, …
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing a Kuru-descendant listener)
Listener: Kurusattama (addressed)
Scene: The tortoise, agitated, imagines being burned again; the scene freezes at the end of its speech, with the listener (a Kuru noble) implied as the narrative camera pulls back to the assembly.
FAQs
The verse marks a narrative turning point—speech concludes and karmic or divine events begin to unfold.
No holy site is mentioned in this transition verse.
None; it is a narrative connector following the Tortoise’s statement.