Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 72
त्रिंशद्वर्षसहस्राणि भारतैवं शतानि च । ततः प्रबुद्धोत्सङ्गेऽहं मायानिद्राविमोहितः
triṃśadvarṣasahasrāṇi bhārataivaṃ śatāni ca | tataḥ prabuddhotsaṅge'haṃ māyānidrāvimohitaḥ
ହେ ଭାରତ! ତିରିଶ ହଜାର ବର୍ଷ ଓ ସେହିପରି ଆଉ ଶତଶତ ବର୍ଷ କଟିଗଲା। ତାପରେ ମୁଁ ତାଙ୍କ ଉତ୍ସଙ୍ଗରେ ଜାଗିଲି—ମାୟାନିଦ୍ରାରେ ବିମୋହିତ ହୋଇ।
First-person narrator addressing ‘Bhārata’ (a listener in the Bhārata lineage)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata
Scene: A sudden awakening after an impossibly long duration: the narrator opens his eyes on a lap, realizing he was deluded by māyā-sleep; the scene juxtaposes intimate tenderness with cosmic timescale text cues.
FAQs
Time and experience can be distorted by māyā; spiritual discernment is needed to see beyond extraordinary appearances.
Not directly; the verse continues a Revā Khaṇḍa narrative embedded in the Narmadā-region sanctity.
None; it is a narrative description emphasizing māyā and immense duration.