Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 12
अथ कल्पशतस्यांते व्यतीते तं महीपतिम् । प्राह प्रजापतिः सेवावसरायातमात्मनः
atha kalpaśatasyāṃte vyatīte taṃ mahīpatim | prāha prajāpatiḥ sevāvasarāyātamātmanaḥ
پھر جب سو کلپ گزر گئے تو پرجاپتی نے اُس مہاپتی راجا سے فرمایا، جو خدمت کے مقررہ وقت پر خود اس کے پاس حاضر ہوا تھا۔
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa-context within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)
Listener: Indradyumna
Scene: In a luminous Brahmā/Prajāpati court beyond time, the king arrives at the exact ‘service hour’; Prajāpati addresses him as the kalpa-century completes, suggesting a cosmic clock turning.
FAQs
Time (kāla) governs even heavenly states; duty and service continue according to divine order.
No earthly tīrtha is specified; the setting is Prajāpati’s realm and the theme is cosmic time.
No explicit ritual; ‘sevā’ is presented as a dharmic obligation/role rather than a rite.