Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
ततो राज्यं चिरं कृत्वा दृष्ट्वा पुत्रोद्भवान्सुतान् । कालधर्ममनुप्राप्तः कस्मिंश्चित्कालपर्यये
tato rājyaṃ ciraṃ kṛtvā dṛṣṭvā putrodbhavānsutān | kāladharmamanuprāptaḥ kasmiṃścitkālaparyaye
ครั้นแล้วเมื่อครองราชย์ยาวนาน และได้เห็นบุตรผู้สืบสายวงศ์กำเนิดขึ้น ครั้นกาลจักรเวียนมาถึง เขาก็ถึงกาลธรรม คือความตาย
Sūta (continuing narration)
Scene: An aged king on his final bed, surrounded by sons and grandsons; priests recite; a subtle personification of Kāla (shadowy wheel/time-cycle) looms, while the king’s earlier gifts are remembered in symbolic flashes.
FAQs
Even long rule and prosperity end under kāla (Time); the narrative redirects attention from power to dharma and lasting merit.
Not specified in this verse; it transitions the story toward the next phase where tīrtha-related consequences may unfold.
None; it is a narrative statement about mortality.