Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57
ततोऽन्यैः समतिक्रांतैर्वार्धक्यं पञ्चभिः शतैः । तत्र सत्यानृता लोका देवा भूपास्तथा परे
tato'nyaiḥ samatikrāṃtairvārdhakyaṃ pañcabhiḥ śataiḥ | tatra satyānṛtā lokā devā bhūpāstathā pare
បន្ទាប់មក កាលបន្តទៀតកន្លងផុតទៅ វ័យចាស់មកដល់នៅប្រាំរយឆ្នាំ។ ក្នុងយុគនោះ សត្វលោក—ទេវតា ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ និងអ្នកដទៃ—លាយឡំរវាងសេចក្តីពិត និងមិនពិត។
Skanda (deduced)
Type: kshetra
Listener: sura-śreṣṭha (implied)
Scene: A procession of devas and kings shown with half-bright, half-shadowed faces symbolizing satya/anṛta mixture; an aging timeline shows youth, maturity, and old age arriving at five hundred years; a sage explains the paradox.
FAQs
It portrays Dvāpara as an age of moral mixture, where truth is no longer pure and even rulers and gods reflect that blend.
No specific tīrtha is identified in this verse.
None; it is descriptive of yuga morality and human aging.