Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 12
अथ कल्पशतस्यांते व्यतीते तं महीपतिम् । प्राह प्रजापतिः सेवावसरायातमात्मनः
atha kalpaśatasyāṃte vyatīte taṃ mahīpatim | prāha prajāpatiḥ sevāvasarāyātamātmanaḥ
അപ്പോൾ നൂറു കല്പങ്ങൾ കഴിഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ, സേവയ്ക്കുള്ള നിശ്ചിത സമയത്ത് തന്റെ അടുക്കൽ വന്ന ആ രാജാവിനോട് പ്രജാപതി പറഞ്ഞു।
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa-context within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)
Listener: Indradyumna
Scene: In a luminous Brahmā/Prajāpati court beyond time, the king arrives at the exact ‘service hour’; Prajāpati addresses him as the kalpa-century completes, suggesting a cosmic clock turning.
FAQs
Time (kāla) governs even heavenly states; duty and service continue according to divine order.
No earthly tīrtha is specified; the setting is Prajāpati’s realm and the theme is cosmic time.
No explicit ritual; ‘sevā’ is presented as a dharmic obligation/role rather than a rite.