Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63
ततश्च क्रमशः प्राप्य पुत्रपौत्राननेकशः । कालधर्ममनुप्राप्तश्चिरं स्थित्वा महीतले
tataśca kramaśaḥ prāpya putrapautrānanekaśaḥ | kāladharmamanuprāptaściraṃ sthitvā mahītale
त्यानंतर क्रमाने त्याने अनेक पुत्र व पौत्र प्राप्त केले. पृथ्वीवर दीर्घकाळ राहून अखेरीस तो कालधर्म, म्हणजे नियत मृत्यू, यास प्राप्त झाला.
Sūta (narrative voice implied)
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: A venerable householder-king surrounded by sons and grandsons, then a quiet turn toward the inevitability of time—an allegorical presence of Kāla (subtle, not terrifying), with earth and seasons passing behind.
FAQs
Righteous worship yields worldly stability (progeny, longevity), yet the Purāṇa reminds that kāla-dharma—mortality—remains inevitable.
The verse concludes a Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative segment; the specific tīrtha is not named in the excerpt.
No new prescription; it states the resulting fruits (many descendants, long life) and the eventual natural end.
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