Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33
एकवर्णा भविष्यंति वर्णाश्चत्वार एव च । कलौ प्राप्ते महाराज नान्यथा वचनं मम
ekavarṇā bhaviṣyaṃti varṇāścatvāra eva ca | kalau prāpte mahārāja nānyathā vacanaṃ mama
سيصيرون على نظامٍ اجتماعيّ واحدٍ (مختلط)، وإن ذُكرت الفَرْنات الأربع؛ فإذا أتى عصر كالي، أيها الملك العظيم، فلن يكون قولي على غير ذلك.
Unspecified (addressing a king; contextual narrator within Dharmāraṇya-khaṇḍa)
Listener: mahārāja (great king)
Scene: A sage-guru solemnly proclaims a Kali-yuga prophecy to a great king; behind them, symbolic imagery of four varṇas dissolving into a single indistinct crowd, with a dark Kali shadow looming.
FAQs
It depicts Kali-yuga as an era of blurred dharmic identities and weakened social duties, urging a return to principled conduct (ācāra).
None; the verse is a general Kali-yuga forecast.
No specific ritual is mentioned.