Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 38
यथर्तावृतुलिंगानि नामरूपाणि पर्यये । दृश्यन्ते तानि तान्येव तथा वत्स युगादिकम्
yathartāvṛtuliṃgāni nāmarūpāṇi paryaye | dṛśyante tāni tānyeva tathā vatsa yugādikam
Assim como, no giro das estações, seus sinais característicos e os mesmos nomes e formas tornam a aparecer repetidas vezes, assim também, querido filho, retornam os yugas e os ciclos correlatos.
Śiva (contextual; confirmed explicitly at 8.39)
Listener: Pārvatī (‘vatsa’ address)
Scene: A split-panel cycle: the six seasons shown as repeating motifs (flowers, rains, harvest), mirrored by a larger wheel labeled with yugas returning in sequence.
FAQs
Recurring natural cycles illustrate recurring cosmic cycles; wisdom lies in aligning one’s dharma with the rhythm of time.
None; this is a teaching by analogy rather than a tīrtha-māhātmya passage.
None.