Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58
एवं ते वर्णितः साधो प्रश्नोऽयं शक्तितो मया । यथा संजायते प्राणी यथा शृणु प्रलीयते
evaṃ te varṇitaḥ sādho praśno'yaṃ śaktito mayā | yathā saṃjāyate prāṇī yathā śṛṇu pralīyate
Như vậy, hỡi bậc hiền thiện, ta đã giải bày câu hỏi này cho ngươi theo khả năng của ta—về cách một chúng sinh được sinh ra; nay hãy nghe thêm cách nó đi đến sự tan rã (cái chết).
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa framing)
Listener: sādhu (addressed as 'sādho')
Scene: A narrative hinge: the teacher finishes one palm-leaf section (birth) and opens another (death). Behind them, a subtle mandala shows the saṃsāra wheel with birth on one arc and death on the opposite arc.
FAQs
It frames death as an explainable dharmic process, inviting attentive listening to how karma governs the soul’s departure.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it introduces an afterlife/karma teaching section.
None in this verse; it is a transition into the teaching on death.