Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
तत्र कल्पसहस्रांते स प्रोक्तो ब्रह्मणा स्वयम् । इंद्रद्युम्न धरां गच्छ न स्थातव्यं त्वयाऽधुना
tatra kalpasahasrāṃte sa prokto brahmaṇā svayam | iṃdradyumna dharāṃ gaccha na sthātavyaṃ tvayā'dhunā
तत्र कल्पसहस्रान्ते ब्रह्मा स्वयमेव तमुवाच— “इन्द्रद्युम्न, धरां गच्छ; अधुना त्वया अत्र न स्थातव्यम्।”
Brahmā (explicitly named as speaker)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Indradyumna
Scene: In Brahmā’s luminous realm at the close of vast time, Brahmā addresses King Indradyumna, directing him to descend to earth; the mood is solemn, cosmic, and instructive.
FAQs
Even heavenly attainments are time-bound within cosmic cycles; divine command directs the soul back to earthly dharma when its next role arrives.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse shifts from tīrtha-merit to Purāṇic cosmology and divine instruction.
None; it records Brahmā’s directive for Indradyumna’s return to earth.
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