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
പിന്നീട് കുറച്ചു കാലത്തിന് ശേഷം നീ കാലധർമ്മം പ്രാപിച്ചു (ദേഹത്യാഗം ചെയ്തു); ഈ ഭാര്യയും നിന്നോടൊപ്പം ഹുതാശനമായ അഗ്നിയിൽ പ്രവേശിച്ചു.
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.