Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26
द्वादशे दशमे वर्षे नारी गर्भवती भवेत् । कन्यास्तत्र प्रसूयन्ते ब्राह्मणो हरिपिङ्गलः
dvādaśe daśame varṣe nārī garbhavatī bhavet | kanyāstatra prasūyante brāhmaṇo haripiṅgalaḥ
দ্বাদশ—অথবা দশম—বছৰতেই কন্যা গৰ্ভৱতী হ’ব; তাত কন্যাসকলেই প্ৰসূতি হ’ব—এইদৰে ব্ৰাহ্মণ হৰিপিঙ্গল ক’লে।
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual attribution; Haripiṅgala is cited within the verse)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-field (general)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (implied by prior vocative)
Scene: A village scene showing disrupted life-stages: children burdened with adult consequences; elders distressed; a sage (Haripiṅgala) speaking solemnly to a royal listener.
FAQs
It depicts Kali-yuga as an age of disturbed social norms, urging communities to protect dharma through restraint and right conduct.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse lists societal symptoms rather than a pilgrimage praise.
None; it is descriptive prophecy, not a ritual instruction.