Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
संहर त्वं जगद्देव सदेवासुरमानुषम् । प्राप्तो युगसहस्रान्तः कालः संहरणक्षमः
saṃhara tvaṃ jagaddeva sadevāsuramānuṣam | prāpto yugasahasrāntaḥ kālaḥ saṃharaṇakṣamaḥ
ஓ ஜகத்தேவா! தேவர், அசுரர், மனிதர் உட்பட இந்த உலகமெங்கும் லயிக்கச் செய். ஆயிரம் யுகங்களின் முடிவுக் காலம் வந்துள்ளது; அது பிரளயத்திற்குத் தகுந்தது.
Brahmā and the gods (collective supplication, within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration)
Tirtha: Kailāsa
Type: peak
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: The gods, solemn and resolute, petition Śiva: ‘Dissolve the universe—gods, asuras, humans—time has reached the end of a thousand yugas.’ Śiva stands unmoved, embodying cosmic authority.
FAQs
Śiva is acknowledged as the sovereign of cosmic cycles; surrender to divine order is dharma when time ripens for change.
No single earthly tīrtha is named; the verse is set in Kailāsa-centered divine geography.
None; it is a supplication describing the appointed cosmic time for dissolution.