Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
ततश्च द्वापरं भावि तृतीयं द्विजसत्तमाः । द्वौ पादौ तत्र पापस्य द्वौ च धर्मस्य संस्थितौ । भगवान्वासुदेवश्च कपिलस्तत्र जायते
tataśca dvāparaṃ bhāvi tṛtīyaṃ dvijasattamāḥ | dvau pādau tatra pāpasya dvau ca dharmasya saṃsthitau | bhagavānvāsudevaśca kapilastatra jāyate
அதன்பின், ஓ இருமுறை பிறந்தவர்களில் சிறந்தோரே, மூன்றாம் யுகமான த்வாபரம் வரும். அங்கே பாவத்திற்கு இரண்டு பாதங்கள், தர்மத்திற்கும் இரண்டு பாதங்கள் நிலைபெறும். அந்த யுகத்தில் பகவான் வாசுதேவரும் கபிலரும் பிறக்கின்றனர்.
Skanda (deduced; address to dvijas suggests discourse to sages; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Listener: dvija-sattamāḥ (addressed audience of brahmins)
Scene: A split tableau: on one side, a balance scale showing two quarters of dharma and two of sin; on the other, Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) appearing with divine radiance, and Kapila as a golden-hued sage seated in meditation, symbolizing bhakti and jñāna together.
FAQs
Dharma declines by stages, yet divine manifestations and sages arise to re-teach truth when imbalance grows.
No specific tīrtha is identified in this verse; it is yuga-description within the Tīrthamāhātmya narration.
None; it is doctrinal/cosmological.
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