Skandapurana 15.45.2

15.45.2

1 kalau yuge prāpte viṣṇoḥ kvā''vāsasthānamiti śaunakādibhiḥ pṛṣṭena sūtena kaliyuga- sthitivarṇanam, tatra svāvatārādikāni kāryāṇi kṛtvā śrīkṛṣṇe deve'nante svasthānaṃ gate lupraprāyadharmaṃ kaliṃ dṛṣṭvā kva vā'smatsadṛśānāṃ sthitirbhāvyeti manasaḥ vicintya ṛṣīnpratyuddālakoktiḥ, taduddālakavākyaṃ śrutvā kalikālasaṃpīḍitaja- nānāṃ muktiprāptyarthamupāyaṃ yojayitumṛṣīṇā brahmaṇo'gre gamanam, uddālakādyṛṣi- bhirbrahmastutikaraṇam, tato brahmapṛcchayarṣibhiḥ svāgamanakāraṇakathanam, tadā brahmaṇā 'nāhaṃ viṣṇoravasthitiṃ jānāmi' ityuttaradānam, brahmottaraṃ śrutvā prāṇatyāgakaraṇe pravṛttānṛṣīndṛṣṭvā brahmaṇā ṛṣibhiḥ saha prahlādasamīpe gamanam, prahlādena sarva- rṣīṇāṃ brahmaṇaścātithyakaraṇam, brahmamukhenarṣibhiḥ prahlādāya svāgamanakāraṇakathanam, ṛpibhiḥ prahlādāya kaliyuge bhagavatsthitiviṣayakapraśnakaraṇam ..... 279 1

1. When the Kali age arrived, asked by Śaunaka and others, "Where is the dwelling place of Viṣṇu?", Sūta describes the condition of the Kali age; there, having performed his acts such as his incarnations, when the divine, infinite Lord Kṛṣṇa went to his own abode, Uddālaka spoke to the seers having reflected in his mind, "Seeing the Kali age wherein dharma is almost destroyed, where indeed should be the residence of people like us?"; hearing those words of Uddālaka, the seers go before Brahmā to devise an expedient for the attainment of liberation for the people afflicted by the time of Kali; the seers led by Uddālaka utter praise of Brahmā; then, at Brahmā's inquiry, the seers state the purpose of their arrival; then Brahmā gives the answer, "I do not know the whereabouts of Viṣṇu"; hearing Brahmā's answer, seeing the seers resolved upon abandoning their lives, Brahmā goes with the seers into the presence of Prahlāda; Prahlāda offers hospitality to all the seers and Brahmā; through the mouth of Brahmā, the seers state the purpose of their arrival to Prahlāda; the seers question Prahlāda concerning the Lord's abode in the Kali age. ..... 279 1