Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
सरित्सरःसमुद्रेषु क्षयं यातेषु सर्वशः । निर्मानुषवषट्कारे ह्यमर्यादगतिं गते
saritsaraḥsamudreṣu kṣayaṃ yāteṣu sarvaśaḥ | nirmānuṣavaṣaṭkāre hyamaryādagatiṃ gate
যেতিয়া নদী, সৰোবৰ আৰু সমুদ্ৰ সকলোফালে ক্ষয়প্ৰাপ্ত হৈছিল, আৰু মানুহৰ ‘বষট্’ ধ্বনি-সহ যজ্ঞক্ৰিয়া স্তব্ধ হৈছিল—অর্থাৎ সকলোয়ে মৰ্যাদাৰ সীমা অতিক্ৰম কৰা অৱস্থালৈ পতিত হৈছিল—…
Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: A desolate landscape: cracked riverbeds, empty lakes, receded oceans; silent altars with no smoke, no ‘vaṣaṭ’ cries; the world appears beyond maryādā, with a seer observing the collapse.
FAQs
When dharmic rites fade and nature collapses, it signals cosmic imbalance—prompting reliance on the eternal divine.
No single tīrtha is named; the verse depicts universal dissolution within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative frame.
It references the cessation of vaṣaṭ-kāra (Vedic oblation call), highlighting the breakdown of sacrificial order.