Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 172
करंधम उवाच । चतुर्युगव्यवस्थानं श्रोतुमिच्छमि तत्त्वतः । महतीयं विवित्सा मे सदैव परिवर्तते
karaṃdhama uvāca | caturyugavyavasthānaṃ śrotumicchami tattvataḥ | mahatīyaṃ vivitsā me sadaiva parivartate
カランダマは言った。「四つのユガの全き配列を、真実のままに聞きたいのです。これを悟りたいという大いなる希求が、私の内に絶えず湧き起こります。」
Karaṃdhama
Listener: Mahākāla
Scene: A respectful seeker (Karaṃdhama) seated with folded hands, asking Mahākāla about the four yugas; a calm teaching setting with ascetic ambience and a subtle cosmic-time motif (wheel of time).
FAQs
Sincere inquiry into yuga-dharma is itself a virtue; understanding time-cycles clarifies the right practice for one’s age.
No tīrtha is referenced in this verse; it introduces a doctrinal teaching on yuga order.
None directly; it is a request to hear the doctrine of the four yugas.