Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 173
महाकाल उवाच । आद्यं कृतयुगं विद्धिततस्त्रेतायुगं स्मृतम् । द्वापरं च कलिश्चेति चत्वारश्च समासतः
mahākāla uvāca | ādyaṃ kṛtayugaṃ viddhitatastretāyugaṃ smṛtam | dvāparaṃ ca kaliśceti catvāraśca samāsataḥ
ມະຫາການ ກ່າວວ່າ: “ຈົ່ງຮູ້ວ່າ ຍຸກທຳອິດແມ່ນ ກຣິຕະຍຸກ; ຕໍ່ຈາກນັ້ນ ເອີ້ນວ່າ ເຕຣຕາຍຸກ; ແລ້ວ ດວາປະຣະ ແລະ ກະລິ—ສີ່ຍຸກນີ້ ໂດຍຫຍໍ້.”
Mahākāla
Listener: Karaṃdhama
Scene: Mahākāla enumerates the four yugas as a concise teaching; visualized as four panels or a single wheel segmented into Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, Kali.
FAQs
Dharma is taught with awareness of time; the yugas form a sacred framework for understanding changing spiritual conditions.
No specific site is mentioned; the focus is cosmological classification.
None; it defines the four yugas in sequence.
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