Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
एवं प्रयतमानानां वृष्णीनामन्धकैः सह । कालो गृहाणि सर्वाणि परिचक्राम नित्यशः
evaṃ prayatamānānāṃ vṛṣṇīnāmandhakaiḥ saha | kālo gṛhāṇi sarvāṇi paricakrāma nityaśaḥ
Tatkala kaum Vṛṣṇi bersama kaum Andhaka berusaha sedemikian rupa, Kāla—Waktu itu sendiri—sentiasa berkeliling, mengitari segala rumah mereka hari demi hari.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator in Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; traditionally Sūta)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (foreshadowed)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Time personified—subtle, shadow-like—moves day after day around every house of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, like a circling vulture or a turning wheel, unseen yet inescapable.
FAQs
Even disciplined effort cannot overrule Kāla; Purāṇic dharma urges humility and spiritual readiness when time ripens the fruits of collective karma.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Purāṇa situates the Yādava/Vṛṣṇi narrative within a sacred coastal tīrtha landscape.
None; the verse emphasizes omens and the movement of personified Time.