Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32
समरे शक्रहंतारं स तस्या अददात्प्रभुः । नियमे चापि वर्तस्व वर्षाणां च सहस्रकम्
samare śakrahaṃtāraṃ sa tasyā adadātprabhuḥ | niyame cāpi vartasva varṣāṇāṃ ca sahasrakam
ஆண்டவன் அவளுக்கு வரம் அளித்தான்—போரில் சக்ரனை வதைக்கும் மகன்; மேலும் கூறினான்—“ஆயிரம் ஆண்டுகள் கடும் நியமத்தில் நிலைத்திரு।”
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to sages)
Scene: Kaśyapa grants a boon with raised hand; Diti receives it with intense resolve. A symbolic calendar/time-wheel or a thousand-lotus motif suggests the long duration of observance; Indra faintly in the background, alert.
FAQs
Powerful outcomes are tied to disciplined observance; niyama is shown as the gatekeeper of spiritual fruition, for good or ill depending on intent.
No tīrtha is praised; the focus is on boon and austerity.
A strict niyama (disciplined observance) for one thousand years is prescribed.