Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 15
आसुतीवलमाधाय भुवि धक्ष्यति संप्रति । इति वाक्यावसाने तु कूर्मस्य कुरुसत्तम
āsutīvalamādhāya bhuvi dhakṣyati saṃprati | iti vākyāvasāne tu kūrmasya kurusattama
เขาจะยกกำลังแห่งแรงผลักอันฉับไวขึ้น แล้วบัดนี้จักเผา (ข้าพเจ้า) ลงบนพื้นพิภพ ครั้นกูรมะกล่าวจบดังนี้แล้ว โอ ผู้ประเสริฐแห่งวงศ์กุรุ …
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing a Kuru-descendant listener)
Listener: Kurusattama (addressed)
Scene: The tortoise, agitated, imagines being burned again; the scene freezes at the end of its speech, with the listener (a Kuru noble) implied as the narrative camera pulls back to the assembly.
FAQs
The verse marks a narrative turning point—speech concludes and karmic or divine events begin to unfold.
No holy site is mentioned in this transition verse.
None; it is a narrative connector following the Tortoise’s statement.