Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18
अस्मिन्महामोहमये कटाहे सूर्याग्निना रात्रिदिवेन्धनेन । मासर्तुदर्वीपरिघट्टनेन भूतानि कालः पचतीति वार्ता
asminmahāmohamaye kaṭāhe sūryāgninā rātridivendhanena | māsartudarvīparighaṭṭanena bhūtāni kālaḥ pacatīti vārtā
अस्मिन् महा-मोहमये कटाहे सूर्याग्निना, रात्रिदिवेन्धनेन; मासर्तुदर्वीपरिघट्टनेन कालः सर्वभूतानि पचतीति सत्यम्।
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: A vast allegorical tableau: a gigantic cauldron labeled ‘moha’, the sun blazing beneath as fire; day and night as logs; months and seasons personified as ladles stirring; beings of all kinds within, undergoing change.
FAQs
Time steadily consumes all; recognizing this, one should turn from delusion toward dharma, devotion, and meaningful practice.
No specific tīrtha is named; it offers a philosophical frame supporting the need for tīrtha-based purification and dharma.
No direct ritual is specified; the verse motivates urgency for spiritual discipline by contemplating Time’s power.
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