Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 83
मुनय ऊचुः । चिरकालाद्वयं प्राप्ताः पुनर्भ्रांत्वाऽत्र कानने । समाधिस्थेन न ज्ञातः कालोऽतीतस्त्वया बहु
munaya ūcuḥ | cirakālādvayaṃ prāptāḥ punarbhrāṃtvā'tra kānane | samādhisthena na jñātaḥ kālo'tītastvayā bahu
Para resi berkata: “Setelah sekian lama, kami kembali ke sini, mengembara lagi di rimba ini. Ketika engkau tenggelam dalam samādhi, banyak masa telah berlalu atasmu—tanpa engkau sedari.”
The sages (Munis)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience within tīrtha-mahātmya frame (implied)
Scene: Sages explain calmly that they have returned after a long time and that much time passed while he remained in samādhi; the awakened man listens, absorbing the revelation.
FAQs
Deep contemplation alters one’s experience of time; worldly duration becomes secondary to inner absorption.
The forest setting is part of the chapter’s tīrtha-legend that ultimately extols Mukhārā Tīrtha.
None; the verse explains the effect of samādhi—loss of ordinary time-awareness.