Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
युगायुतं सहस्रैस्तु भोक्ष्यमाणं सुदारुणम् । अत्याश्चर्य्यमभूत्तत्र दिलीप श्रूयतां महत्
yugāyutaṃ sahasraistu bhokṣyamāṇaṃ sudāruṇam | atyāścaryyamabhūttatra dilīpa śrūyatāṃ mahat
Trong hàng ngàn yuga, hắn phải chịu đựng sự tra tấn đó, thực sự vô cùng khủng khiếp. Tuy nhiên, một phép lạ lớn đã xảy ra ở đó - hỡi Dilīpa, hãy lắng nghe điều này.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages; internal address to King Dilīpa retained from the source narrative
Tirtha: Dvārāvatī (miracle to be revealed)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dilīpa
Scene: Cosmic time visualized: a small suffering creature beneath a vast wheel of yugas; above, a radiant ‘wonder’ beginning to dawn, with Dilīpa listening to a sage-narrator.
FAQs
Even when karmic suffering seems immeasurably long, divine grace can intervene through extraordinary means.
The chapter’s theological horizon is Dvārakā’s greatness, setting up a miracle connected to Kṛṣṇa’s grace.
None in this verse; it introduces a forthcoming ‘great wonder’ in the story.