Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46
ततः कालांतरेणैव कालधर्मं गतो भवान् । भार्येयं च त्वया सार्धं संप्रविष्टा हुताशनम्
tataḥ kālāṃtareṇaiva kāladharmaṃ gato bhavān | bhāryeyaṃ ca tvayā sārdhaṃ saṃpraviṣṭā hutāśanam
やがて時が経ち、汝は時の法に従って世を去った。さらにこの妻も汝とともに聖なる火へと入った。
Deductive (narrator continuing the king-centered account)
Scene: A solemn cremation/fire scene: the king has died; the wife enters the funeral fire with him; priests and attendants stand at a distance; the sky is dim, emphasizing impermanence.
FAQs
Human life is governed by kāla (time); dharmic acts and devotion shape what follows beyond death.
The verse continues the Arbuda Khaṇḍa narrative tied to Śiva worship performed in that sacred setting.
No new rite is prescribed here; it narrates death (kāladharma) and entering fire (hutāśana) as a storyline event.