Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 36
वैष्णवं धर्ममुत्सज्य वौद्धधर्ममुपागताः । प्रजास्तमनुवर्तिन्यः क्षपणैः प्रतिबोधिताः
vaiṣṇavaṃ dharmamutsajya vauddhadharmamupāgatāḥ | prajāstamanuvartinyaḥ kṣapaṇaiḥ pratibodhitāḥ
تركوا الدارما الفايشنفية واعتنقوا الدارما البوذية؛ وتبعهم الناس، بعدما وعظهم وأقنعهم الكْشَپَنة، وهم زهادٌ من أهل الفرق.
Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dharmāraṇya-khaṇḍa)
Scene: A public assembly where kṣapaṇas (austere renunciants) preach and persuade; townspeople turn away from Vaiṣṇava symbols (śaṅkha-cakra) toward new emblems; the king’s policy shift is implied.
FAQs
It portrays Kali-yuga as an era of religious shifting and susceptibility to persuasion, implying the need for discernment and steadiness in dharma.
No tīrtha is named in this verse.
None explicitly; the verse is descriptive of doctrinal change rather than prescribing a rite.