Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 72
त्रिंशद्वर्षसहस्राणि भारतैवं शतानि च । ततः प्रबुद्धोत्सङ्गेऽहं मायानिद्राविमोहितः
triṃśadvarṣasahasrāṇi bhārataivaṃ śatāni ca | tataḥ prabuddhotsaṅge'haṃ māyānidrāvimohitaḥ
สามหมื่นปี—และทำนองเดียวกันอีกหลายร้อยปี โอ้ภารตะ—แล้วข้าจึงตื่นขึ้นบนตักนั้น ถูกความหลงใหลแห่งนิทรามายา (มายา-นิทรา) ครอบงำ
First-person narrator addressing ‘Bhārata’ (a listener in the Bhārata lineage)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata
Scene: A sudden awakening after an impossibly long duration: the narrator opens his eyes on a lap, realizing he was deluded by māyā-sleep; the scene juxtaposes intimate tenderness with cosmic timescale text cues.
FAQs
Time and experience can be distorted by māyā; spiritual discernment is needed to see beyond extraordinary appearances.
Not directly; the verse continues a Revā Khaṇḍa narrative embedded in the Narmadā-region sanctity.
None; it is a narrative description emphasizing māyā and immense duration.