Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7
युगान्ते समनुप्राप्ते पितामहदिनत्रये । मानसा ब्रह्मणः पुत्राः साक्षाद्ब्रह्मेव सत्तमाः
yugānte samanuprāpte pitāmahadinatraye | mānasā brahmaṇaḥ putrāḥ sākṣādbrahmeva sattamāḥ
Apabila yugānta tiba—dalam kitaran tiga hari Sang Pitāmaha, Brahmā—putera-putera Brahmā yang lahir daripada minda, yang terbaik antara segala makhluk, tampil seolah-olah Brahmā sendiri menjelma nyata.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: Sabhā audience
Scene: A cosmic dawn-at-dusk scene: Brahmā’s vast time-cycle symbolized; luminous mind-born sons appear, radiant and austere, resembling Brahmā in authority.
FAQs
At turning points of cosmic time, Brahmā’s primordial sages embody divine order, ensuring the continuity of creation and dharma.
No specific tīrtha; the verse supplies cosmological setting that supports the later tīrtha-organization associated with Narmadā.
None in this verse; it is descriptive cosmology.