Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25
ततो लोका भयत्रस्तास्त्रिपुरे भरतोत्तम । सर्वासुरविनाशाय कालरूपा भयावहाः
tato lokā bhayatrastāstripure bharatottama | sarvāsuravināśāya kālarūpā bhayāvahāḥ
پھر، اے بھرتوں میں افضل، تری پور کے سبب عوالم خوف سے لرز اٹھے۔ زمانۂ قہر کی صورت میں ہولناک بدشگونیاں ظاہر ہوئیں جو تمام اسوروں کی ہلاکت کی خبر دیتی تھیں۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced); vocative ‘bharatottama’ indicates epic-style address within narration
Listener: Bharata-uttama
Scene: The cosmos shudders; skies darken; uncanny signs appear as Kāla itself seems to move—announcing the doom of the asuras of Tripura.
FAQs
Adharma’s end is woven into Kāla (Time); when divine justice moves, even the worlds sense the turning of the cosmic order.
Tripura is the narrative locus; the Revā-khaṇḍa’s larger canvas is the Narmadā sacred region, though this verse is not a tīrtha-phala statement.
None; it describes fear and time-form omens associated with asura-destruction.