एतस्मिन्नंतरे नष्टो धर्मः पत्नीसमुद्भवः । पुरुषाणां ततः स्त्रीणां निजकांतासमुद्भवः
etasminnaṃtare naṣṭo dharmaḥ patnīsamudbhavaḥ | puruṣāṇāṃ tataḥ strīṇāṃ nijakāṃtāsamudbhavaḥ
وفي تلك الأثناء فنيَ الدَّرْمَا القائمة على عِفّة الزوجة ووفائها؛ وكذلك ضاعت بين الرجال والنساء دَرْمَا الإخلاص الحصري للمحبوب، أي للزوج أو الزوجة الخاصة.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)
Tirtha: Rudraśīrṣa (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A somber tableau: households in discord, couples separated, dharma personified as fading; in the distance, the Śiva shrine stands as a silent witness.
The verse laments a collapse of conjugal dharma, contrasting social decline with the continuing power of sacred places.
The broader passage continues the Rudraśīrṣa-tīrtha context, though this verse itself focuses on social dharma.
No ritual is prescribed here; it is a moral observation about dharma’s decline.