Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 70
तद्वाक्यसमकालं च कौशिकत्वमिदं मम । एतावंति दिनान्यासीदष्टाविंशद्दिनं विधेः
tadvākyasamakālaṃ ca kauśikatvamidaṃ mama | etāvaṃti dinānyāsīdaṣṭāviṃśaddinaṃ vidheḥ
அந்த வாக்குகள் கூறப்பட்ட அதே நேரத்திலிருந்து எனக்கு இந்த ‘கௌசிக’ நிலை ஏற்பட்டது; அது அவ்வளவு நாட்களே நீடித்தது—ஓ விதியே, இருபத்தெட்டு நாட்கள்।
Unnamed narrator (continuing first-person account within Kaumārikākhaṇḍa)
Listener: Addressed as 'vidhe' (ordained one)—a respectful vocative to the interlocutor in the frame
Scene: A calm epilogue-like frame: the narrator marks the onset and duration of the Kauśika-state; visual motif of a lunar cycle or 28-day count (moon phases) to symbolize measured time.
FAQs
States gained through boons or curses can be time-bound; divine speech shapes destiny, yet dharma provides a path through changing conditions.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it provides narrative timing about the Kauśika state.
None is stated; the verse is descriptive (duration and transformation).