Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ऊचतुर्वचनं नृपम् । द्वापरस्य युगस्यान्तं भगवान्देवकीसुतः
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā ūcaturvacanaṃ nṛpam | dvāparasya yugasyāntaṃ bhagavāndevakīsutaḥ
Mendengar ucapannya, kedua brahmana itu berkata kepada sang raja: “Pada akhir Yuga Dvāpara, Bhagavān—putra Devakī—(akan menampakkan diri…).”
Two brāhmaṇas (responding to Nṛga)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: The two brāhmaṇas, after hearing Nṛga, speak with prophetic calm: ‘At the end of Dvāpara, the Blessed Devakī’s son…’ The air feels charged with cosmic time, as if the horizon opens to future līlā.
FAQs
Divine intervention is timed within cosmic order; liberation often arrives through the Lord’s grace at the destined moment.
Dvārakā is implicitly central, as the Lord Devakī’s son is the presiding divine figure of Dvārakā’s Māhātmya.
None; the verse begins the explanation of how the curse will end through contact with the Lord.