Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63
ततश्च क्रमशः प्राप्य पुत्रपौत्राननेकशः । कालधर्ममनुप्राप्तश्चिरं स्थित्वा महीतले
tataśca kramaśaḥ prāpya putrapautrānanekaśaḥ | kāladharmamanuprāptaściraṃ sthitvā mahītale
ต่อจากนั้นโดยลำดับ เขาได้บุตรและหลานมากมาย ครั้นดำรงอยู่บนแผ่นดินยาวนานแล้ว ในที่สุดก็ถึงกาลธรรม คือมรณะแห่งกาลอันกำหนดไว้
Sūta (narrative voice implied)
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: A venerable householder-king surrounded by sons and grandsons, then a quiet turn toward the inevitability of time—an allegorical presence of Kāla (subtle, not terrifying), with earth and seasons passing behind.
FAQs
Righteous worship yields worldly stability (progeny, longevity), yet the Purāṇa reminds that kāla-dharma—mortality—remains inevitable.
The verse concludes a Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative segment; the specific tīrtha is not named in the excerpt.
No new prescription; it states the resulting fruits (many descendants, long life) and the eventual natural end.